Year: 2012
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Gopal Kharvi sets world record by swimming 9K handcuffed and shackled
Fisherman Gopal Kharvi from Kundapur successfully attempted a 2.45 hours 9 kilometer swim today with both his hands and feet handcuffed from St Mary’s Island to Malpe beach in Udupi, India, witnessed by Guinness Book of World Records representatives. Read The Times of India.
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FBI agent drowns after rescuing swimmer, motorcycle officer injured at the funeral
On December 29, 2011, 43-year-old FBI-agent Daniel Knapp based in San Juan drowned in Puerto Rico, while rescuing a young adult swimmer. He was off duty at the Playa Escondida beach in Fajardo when friends of the struggling swimmer asked for help. Knapp put on his swim fins and went into the water, reached the…
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Cold water swimmers tend to faint, also after the swim
Interesting article here on Icelandic Review, about how ReykjavÃk sea swimmers are prone to fainting, sometimes during but also often after the cold dip. Physicians encourage people to show extreme caution when swimming in the cold water, as they risk hyperthermia, unconsciousness and even swimming malfunction, causing them to loose mobility, which may lead to…
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Aquadettes
On Life, Death and Synchronized Swimming, a film by Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari Aquadettes from California is a place. on Vimeo.
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CC photo #9: Supporters admiring Pál Joensen’s third Belgrade 2008 gold medal
Fond memories from back at the Belgrade 2008 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships, when Pál Joensen won gold in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle. This particular medal is most certaintly the third and last one he won, the 800 freestyle on the day when the photo was taken, August 2, 2008. I’d lost my…
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Bungee jumper survives cord snapping, swimming the wild Zambezi river
22-year-old Australian backpacker Erin Langworthy fell 20 meters into the Zambezi river after the cord snapped while she was bungee jumping of bridge at Victoria Falls in Zambia. Feet still tied together, with a good part of the cord in tow, into the turbulent waters beneath the world’s largest waterfall. According to MailOnline infested with…
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Air sharks take to the skies, prompt air traffic alerts
The Air Swimmers sharks mentioned in August have been “extremely popular” gifts this Christmas, and reports of their escapes started almost as soon as presents were unwrapped. Some even before they made it to gift-giving, as for instance when grandpa Brian Thomson lost his on Christmas Day, before his grandchildren had a chance to play…
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Want your twitter handle ‘tattooed’ on a London 2012 olympian?
USA’s top-ranked middle-distance track athlete Nick Symmonds is auctioning off a temporary tattoo on his shoulder, highest bid now US $3,100 for having “Your Twitter Name on an Olympian in 2012”. Their are restrictions forcing him to cover up the tattoo with tape at all IAAF governed meetings, but he promises wear it under the…
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Swimming techniques with Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen
Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen of Aquatic Edge was recently voted one of the Top Ten Masters Swimmers of All-Time by Swimming World Magazine and currently holds masters world records in both the pool and open water. She lives in Kona, Hawaii but travels the globe teaching swimmers and triathletes how to swim faster at her swim technique…