Month: February 2014
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Simple Step by Step Guide on How to Save Someone Who is Drowning
Guest post by Miles Wiseman Drowning can happen any time and surprisingly even in shallow water. Knowing what you are required to do to rescue a drowning person safely helps save lives. A simple process to carry out when rescuing a drowning person is, reach, throw, row and go, in that order. However, the first thing…
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Freediving With Scooters – Sharm el Sheikh
A quick GoPro clip of myself and Linda Pagenelli playing around with scooters in Domina Bay, Sharm el Sheikh. Freediving With Scooters – Sharm el Sheikh from Jacques de Vos on Vimeo.
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Camera falls from airplane and lands in pig pen
Not swimming relevant per se, but wow these action cams are tough! Camera falls from a sky diving airplane and lands on my property in my pig pen. I found the camera 8 months later and viewed this video.
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Lenny Krayzelburg Swim Academy Promo
“The Lenny Krayzelburg Swim Academy offers a learn to swim program for children of all ages. Started in 2005 by 4 time Olympic Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, “our core purpose is to teach and inspire children to be water safeâ€. Since our inception we have taught thousands of kids’ water safety and the importance of…
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A Day In The Life of Brittany Elmslie
“Brittany Elmslie is a 19-year-old Australian swimmer who won a gold and two silver medals in relays at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Like most swimmers she works hard. Really hard. This video looks at the day in the life of a swimmer aiming to be the world’s best.”
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5-Time Olympic Medalist Josh Davis & his 3 Secrets to Success
This video was created to inspire and encourage young students in their fundraising efforts for their new school playground. All the best in your Eaglethon!
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Prosecutor: East Detroit swim instructor changed clothes rather than save drowning boy
Read Detroit Free Press The swimming instructor in charge of the class where an East Detroit High School student drowned last year opted to change into his swimming clothes rather than jump into the pool when he learned that a boy was struggling in the water, according to Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith. The instructor…
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Hope fades for swimmer still missing after the Midmar Mile event
Read for instance Times Live and iol The loved ones of missing Midmar Mile swimmer, Herman “Thabo†van Straten, are struggling to come to terms with his disappearance during the race at the weekend. “It doesn’t feel real,†his fiancée, Shené Jones, told The Mercury on Monday. “I’m trying to make myself believe that he’s…
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Swimming with Sea Turtles at Akumal
Read Yucatán For 91 Days Floating on our bellies in the waters of Akumal Bay, while massive turtles grazed on the sea grass just a couple meters below us, was an experience so unique, so moving, that it instantly joined the ranks of my favorite memories of all time.