Month: January 2014
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Jacksonport Polar Plungers swim in record low temperatures
See Fox11 The Polar Plunge in Jacksonport set a record New Year’s Day 2014. “It’s probably the coldest and thus the most rewarding when we’re finished,†said Jacksonport Polar Bear Club founder J.R. Jarosh. Not for the number of swimmers, but for the coldest temperature for the swim in the club’s 28-year history.
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Mark Foster and scantily-clad models brave freezing weather to promote #Tanuary sale
Read the Mirror Swimmer Mark Foster led a team of swimwear-clad models through freezing cold town centres as part of a Virgin Holidays’ #Tanuary holiday sale. The tanned bodies were on show for bargain-hunting shoppers to admire on London’s Oxford Street as well as in Glasgow and Manchester. The holiday company is promoting responsible tanning – having…
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Hundreds of swimmers brave the cold in Dunkirk
Between 400 and 500 people began the new year in the northern French city of Dunkirk by braving the cold and jumping into the sea.
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Fox 13 reports on New Years Day Swim in the Great Salt Lake
Wasatch Front Polar Bear Club swims in the Great Salt Lake on New Years Day 2014.
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Polar Bear Swims 2014
Yeah, let’s start collecting again, like after Christmas Achill New Year’s Day Swim 2014 Bowen Island Polar Bear Swim 2014 Broadstair’s New Year’s Day Swim 2014 Channahon Polar Plunge 2014 Charlestown Polar Plunge 2014 Coeur d’Alene Polar Bear Plunge 2014 (aerial view) Coney Island Polar Bear Swim 2014 Coney Island Polar Bear Swim 2014 (2)…
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Thousands Attend Coney Island Polar Bear Swim
Polar Bear Club starts 2014 with icy swim in Coney Island Brooklyn. http://youtu.be/lUQqzMqO4s8
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Lake Michigan ice makes for tricky New Year’s swim
Milwaukee’s Polar Bear club held it’s annual New Year’s Day swim in Lake Michigan, but shifting winds brought a lot of lake ice to the shores.. making for some tricky footing.
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Speedo Advisors | Improving the strength of your lungs and breath control
How to improve the strength of your lungs and breath control whilst swimming.
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Behold this sailfish chasing a dredge cam
Fastest fish on the planet. Awesome footage, and a chance to see how it uses its sail. sailfish and the dredge from Let It Ride 68 on Vimeo. Image courtesy of jidanchaomian, CC BY-SA 2.0