Month: September 2015
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson saves drowning puppy from swimming pool
“I set them both down and they both take off in a full sprint and fall right into the deep end of our pool,” continued Johnson. “HOBBS immediately starts doggy paddling while BRUTUS (like a brick) sink heads first to the bottom of the pool.” Luckily, these two pups live with an action hero. Johnson…
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Police: Drunken jet skier pins swimmer against pontoon
West Bloomfield Police and Oakland County Sheriff marine deputies arrested a Royal Oak woman for drunken boating Sunday after she struck a swimmer with a personal watercraft, pinning him against a pontoon boat on Middle Straits Lake. The victim, a 60-year-old West Bloomfield man, suffered multiple broken bones. He was taken by ambulance to Huron Valley Hospital where…
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Oceanside Labor Day Pier Swim
Labor Day is basically a going away party, a fond farewell to summer. Â But in Oceanside it is the site of the longest annual rough water swim in the West, the Oceanside Labor Day Pier Swim. Nearly 500 competitors dove into the Pacific Ocean Monday morning hoping to make the 1.1 mile swim around the…
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4 Ways to Prevent Pool Drownings in the Off-Season
Guest post by Vee Cecil Summer may be officially over, but the risk of drowning doesn’t end with it. In fact, it happens at such a high rate that, according to the National Safety Council, 7,000 people die from drowning each year. And here’s another statistic from the NSC that should give parents pause: it…
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FINA confirms: Backstroke dolphin kicks are illegal in medley freestyle
Excerpt from a memo sent out by FINA this morning, see also FINA clarifies: Ryan Lochte used illegal dolphin kicks in Kazan: SW 9 MEDLEY SWIMMING SW 9.1 In individual medley events, the swimmer covers the four swimming strokes in the following order: Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle. Each of the strokes must cover one…
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Pippa Middleton completes 2015 ÖTILLÖ SwimRun challenge in 13:04:24
Final rank 82 out of 99 teams completing, including male, female and mixed teams. Björn Englund (SWE) and Paul Krochak (CAN) won the overall race in 8:29.11, while Staffan Björklund (SWE) and Marika Wagner (SWE) won the mixed teams race in 8:55.39. See the result lists here. https://youtu.be/Imf0QIOl0zk #otillo15 #pippamiddleton & Jöns Bartholdson finish ÖTILLÖ…
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Shaolin monk runs 125 meters on floating plywood
Shaolin monk Shi Liliang knows that persistence is key when attempting a difficult task. Especially if that difficult task happens to be running on water. Shi has been training to run on water for ten years, using nothing but thin, floating boards for support. On Thursday, he accomplished his record of running 125 meters across…
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Pippa Middleton competing in the grueling ÖTILLÖ Swimrun challenge
“It’s not for the faint-hearted,” Middleton told news agency Reuters (via the Toronto Sun), describing the hardcore race as “almost three Ironman swims and one and a half marathons.” Princess Kate‘s younger sister, who turns 32 on Sunday, was not only inspired by the fitness element of the race but also by the beautiful scenery…
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GoPro Footage Captures Dramatic Rescues by California Lifeguards
GoPro Video Shows Dramatic Rescue Of Frantic Swimmer Caught In Rip Current |The compilation video was posted ahead of the Labor Day weekend to warn swimmers to use caution while in the ocean. https://youtu.be/-Rp867W-Cq4