Year: 2012
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Josh Hutcherson and The Rock freedive in new film Journey 2
The pair dive 100 feet down into the sea without the aid of a scuba tank as they search for Captain Nemo’s legendary submarine, Nautilus. Vanessa Hudgens also stars in the movie, doing underwater stunts that she wasn’t really comfortable with. Via mb.com “Shooting the underwater sequences was tough because I don’t do well in…
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Florida’s exclusive underwater burial ground
Three miles off the coast of south Florida and forty feet below the surface is a man-made, pristine reef where, several times a month, divers come to deposit stone urns containing ashes of the recently departed. This underwater burial ground near Miami was created by the Neptune Society, says Martha Porter, on of the group’s…
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Andrew Lauterstein – It’s Time
Ehh, I guess a plug for maybe Engine Swim Australia ? Andrew Lauterstein – It’s Time from Julian Lucas on Vimeo.
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Diana Nyad presenting her 2012 Xtreme Dream Swim Jellyfish Armor
“It’s the jellyfish, that is what it is all about” :-)
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CC photo #39: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center at night
Photo taken after the last night of the 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China. Big building to the right is the arena that hosted the pool swimming and syncro competitions, the one to the left the natatorium hosting the water polo competitions, and the blue thing in the background the diving arena.
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Magnussen targets 3 medals in London, skips high-carb food
According to The Daily Telegraph, James Magnussen is predicting not only gold-medal success for himself in the 100 meter freestyle, but also for Australia in the men’s 4×100 relay, and then a medal in the medley relay as icing on the cake. To realize this, he has restructured his diet and increased his weight-training, gained…
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Water aerobics is now a proper U.S. Marine sanctioned exercise
Water aerobics is not just for retirees and injured anymore, the Marine Crops is promoting low-impact pool running – rebranded as “water cadence” – to help even the fittest Marines up their game. (Couldn’t find a Marine Corps water cadence video, so here’s some aqua jogging)
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Maryland defends student’s right to privacy on social media
Introduced on Thursday, Maryland’s Senate Bill 434 prohibits institutions “from requiring a student or and applicant for admission to provide access to a personal account or service through an electronic communications device” – by sharing usernames, passwords or unblocking private accounts, for example. This is apparently a common practice, to minor student-athletes’ social media accounts…