Month: October 2012
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Off The Deck – Ben Titley
A Swim Ontario interview with Ben Titley – new Head Coach of the National Swim Centre – Ontario. Off The Deck – Ben Titley from Swim Ontario on Vimeo.
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Sub-mission: Skydiving Underwater
Professional photographer Mike Burdon spent 22 months into a project that no one has ever done before: Taking skydiving underwater to create spectacular photographs. Really nice in a weird way :-) Sub-mission. Skydiving Underwater by Mike Burdon from TURBOLENZA on Vimeo.
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Chad Le Clos makes high school girl’s dream come true
Melanie Olhaus secured a date with Chad Le Clos after bunking off school earlier this year to greet the South African Olympic team as they returned home. At the airport, Melanie, 17, held up a sign asking ‘Chad will you be my matric dance date?’ And, after spotting the sign, the 20-year-old swimmer agreed. Awesome.…
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Zürich Lake Swim 2012
Unfortunately a bit out-of-sync at times, at least here on my computer … but other than that, a super video, love the accents :-) Zürich Lake Swim 2012 from Kuladhara Cimmer on Vimeo.
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CC photo #277: The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex
The magnificent Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex during pre-competition training just before the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships began, venue of the Dubai 2012 World Cup leg these days. This view just below from where the sheiks sat, but actually all seats were bolstered VIP seats, only they got better and…
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Therese Alshammar at the Dubai 2012 World Cup press conference
Therese Alshammar is feeling good and looking forward to the forthcoming Fina Arena Swimming World Cup. Listen as she reflects on the summer of 2012 and of her recent move to Switzerland.
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Cameron van der Burgh at the Dubai 2012 World Cup press conference
Cameron Van der Burgh shares his thoughts and feelings on the forthcoming Fina Arena Swimming World Cup, his triumphant summer and Dubai. Interesting that his coach apparently still is Dirk Lange, former national coach of South Africa who went back to Germany and then let go again from that position. CVDB calls him ‘
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Anthony Ervin’s World Cup fundraiser reaches $4,000 & three songs booked
It is going swell for Anthony Ervin, his Indiegogo fundraiser has already reached $4,000 of the $10,000 goal, with him assigned to write three songs, including one for (duuh duuh) Anonymous. There he got another $100, still 29 days to go, maybe he will get to write a whole album :-) Photo by Mike Lewis,…
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Best of London 2012
“The London 2012 Olympic Games are now history, but their spirit will live on forever in the hearts of millions of people. Re-live some of the most exciting moments of these Games and watch the performances of the world’s greatest athletes in our highlights video!”