Year: 2012
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Bakersfield Swim Academy
Featuring Athens 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Gabe Woodward Bakersfield Swim Academy from Roots Photography on Vimeo.
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CC photo #311: Bovell after winning the Berlin 2012 men’s 100 IM
Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell after winning the men’s 100 individual medley at the 2012 FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup in Berlin, Germany. See result list here.
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NZ legends of the pool return for world record swim
Some of New Zealand’s greatest swimmers are celebrating a new world record – not just breaking the old mark, but annihilating it. Double Olympic champion Danyon Loader came out of retirement for the occasion, while Commonwealth Games medalist John Steel entertained as much of the Millenium Institute pool as in it. Former Commonwealth Games champion…
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CC photo #310: The Europa Sports Park Berlin Wall of Fame
The complete list over world records set in Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE), since it was opened in 1999, as seen in the entrance hall. 2002 seems to have been a really good year, plus of course the super-suited years of 2008 and 2009.
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The Freediver
A female freediver is ascending from dark deep waters back to sunny warm surface. Wow The Freediver by Rico Besserdich
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The spa at Jigokudani Monkey Park is something else
Looks incredibly cozy :-) View Larger Map
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Sea otter jumps on boat to escape killer whales
In this extraordinary video filmed by Dusty Harpole in Tutka Bay, Alaska, a mother otter avoids getting eaten by a group of killer whales by jumping on a small boat that was in the area. Unfortunately, she lost her baby in the daring escape. Via Nothing to do with Arbroath
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CC photo #309: And they are at it again
Young guns Eyðbjørn Joensen, Óli Mortensen and Alvi Hjelm duking it out in the men’s 400 freestyle at the Ægir-meet in KlaksvÃk, 3 November 2012. They represent the three 25 meter pools on the Faroe Islands; Eyðbjørn from Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur, Suðuroy, Óli from Havnar Svimjifelag in Tórshavn, Streymoy and Alvi from Ægir in…