Month: August 2013
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Steven Robles recounts ‘swim from hell’ from Catalina Island to Rancho Palos
Read for instance Daily Breeze After training for months, the lifelong 49-year-old swimmer launched out just after midnight on Thursday morning to swim from Catalina Island to the shore of Rancho Palos Verdes. More than 13 hours later, Robles — after battling unexpected rough seas that carried him several miles off course — staggered onto…
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Conservationist Lesley Rochat swims with sharks to make her point
“Lesley Rochat, also known as the Shark Warrior due to her passionate efforts in shark conservation, is a marine and shark conservationist, filmmaker, photographer, writer and inspirational speaker. She is also a GoPro Ambassador in South Africa. She takes us on a visually powerful underwater journey into freediving with Tiger Sharks, while providing a strong…
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Polybius, a song by James Houston played on old hardware
“We are submerged in a dry swimming pool. A SEGA Mega Drive, Commodore 64, floppy disk drives and hard drives sing in unison. The unusual ensemble (controlled live via MIDI) are given a last curtain call in a nostalgic farewell to forgotten friends.” Polybius from James Houston on Vimeo.
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Hometown Hero Katie Ledecky
“Susan Kenedy talks one on one with Olympic gold medalist and world swimming champion Katie Ledecky about her performance at the world championships and life outside of swimming.”
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CC photo #600: “Meet Michael Phelps” poster at BCN2013
A poster seen outside the Speedo tent at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona. He turned up with his right leg in a boot cast, because of a golf accident.