Month: July 2014
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Shane Gould – A Bud Greenspan documentary
Shane Gould, the greatest woman swimmer of her time, won 5 individual medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, is profiled in this Bud Greenspan documentary.
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Technique tips for open water swimming by Team Dillon
Technique tips for open water swimming and triathlon including sighting and bilateral breathing by Team Dillon.
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Swim Better with Team Speedo USA
Want to improve your swim technique? Learn from world champion swimmers, Ryan Lochte, Cullen Jones, Tyler Clary, Jessica Hardy, Natalie Coughlin and Nathan Adrian.
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Being Frank: Coach Professionalism
Presented by Arena, the exclusive outfitter of the USA Swimming National Team, “Being Frank” is a web series featuring the insights of USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch.
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Swimmer mauled by Great White shark at California beach
From earlier this month Steven Robles was an hour into his regular weekend swim off some of Southern California’s most popular beaches when he came face-to-face with a great white shark. The 7-foot-long juvenile had been trying to free itself from a fisherman’s hook for about half an hour. It came up to the surface,…
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Watch as whale lifts kayakers out of the water
The video is one thing, but gee, the sound of those things is even more awesome ! Two kayakers paddling in the ocean in Argentina had a whale of a time this week after they found themselves being raised out of the water on top of one of the creatures. Luckily they managed to capture…
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Australian swimmers slam media for continued focus on Olympic debacle
Australian Commonwealth Games swimmers have reacted strongly to repeated questions about the team’s London Olympic Games campaign, which was notable for disappointing performances in the pool and bad behaviour out of it. However, senior squad member and 100-metre breaststroke world champion Christian Sprenger thinks while it was “bizarre that they still bring that up” there…
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Behold The Transparent Canoe Kayak
This canoe-kayak hybrid has a transparent polymer hull that offers paddlers an underwater vista unavailable in conventional boats. Seating two people, the sturdy hull is made of the same durable material found in the cockpit canopies of supersonic fighter jets. See Hammacher Schlemmer