Month: May 2012
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Excelade, the hot thing on deck this morning
So Danish / Icelandic coach Mads Claussen of Reach Elite showed me this new iPhone / iPad app this morning called Excelade, that allows you to video record and analyse technique in sports, and share it online from within the app, with precision slow-motion, side-by-side comparison and ability to record a review. At the cost…
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Penguins chasing a laser pointer
Posting from my Android, testing. Notice that penguin with the funny walk, he is much faster than the rest :-) (test went bad, fat fingers and couldn’t find out how to embed)
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How otter moms teach their pups to swim
A bit rough, but individual and in stages. Nice :-)
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Miller one of 11 competing to be the first to finish the Oceans 7
In the world of open water swimming, a race is on to see who can be the first to finish all 7 leg’s of the Oceans 7: The English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait and North Channel. Read more here on CBS Pittsburgh.
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300-mile swimmer hopes achievement will help others
44-year-old David Young took to the water as a means of motivating himself after experiencing periods of low mood caused by the death of his close friend Davey Mac who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and committed suicide in 2006. Read more and watch video here on Sky Tyne and Wear.
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Oh no, Michael Phelps loves his gummy bears
How am I to keep my kids away from stuff like that now? :-) Via swimutopia
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PH Netanyahu congratulates first Israeli European champion
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated swimmer Jonathan Koplev, who became the first Israeli to hold the European championship title Thursday after setting a new personal best of 24.73 seconds in the men’s 50-meter backstroke and winning the gold medal. “Mazal Tov. Your achievement is incredible. Keep your head above water and continue breaking records,” Netanyahu…
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Photos published from Grant Hackett’s ‘Night of Carnage’
Police photographs obtained by The Sunday Mail show the extent of the Olympic gold medalist’s fury, with an upended baby grand piano, smashed furniture and holes punched in the wall. Officers who attended the scene were told that Hackett – who weighs nearly  100 kg and is almost 2m tall – grabbed his diminutive wife and…