Year: 2019
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Catfish swims down flooded road in Florida
On a road in Boynton Beach, Florida, a catfish casually swims down the street before Hurricane Dorian even hit. Crazy!
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The British Swim School Way | What Our Kids Say
With over 35 years of experience, British Swim School provides curriculum-based swimming lessons for infants through adults. Located nationwide, British Swim School is the fastest growing swim school franchise in the US.
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Ryan Held: Gold Medal Mindset, Episode #27
What does it take to develop a gold medal mindset? 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist, and one of the world’s best sprint freestylers, Ryan Held joins the Champion’s Mojo podcast to talk about his mindset and more. Ryan is an NCAA post-grad, professional swimmer fresh off of winning the 50 and 100 free — setting a…
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Champion ice swimmer drowns in Yenisei River
Nikolay Petshak, 64, who swam from Russia to America, died in ‘accident’ in river where he carried the Olympic flame. Petshak had been an ice swimmer for 40 years and he drowned while exercising in summer in the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk region, confirmed local sporting officials. He was famous for enduring temperatures of 2 or 3C…
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Swimmer Mike Davis completes his lap of the Isle of Man
Huge congratulations to Mike Davis, who has completed his swim all the way around the Isle of Man for charity.
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Swimming the Entire Connecticut River
Kari Kastango is a triathlete who has made it her mission to swim the entire length of the Connecticut River. Here she explains why this multi-year swim is so important. Join Kari in making a difference for your rivers. Donate to CRC to support clean, healthy rivers at http://journeygives.org/karis-swim-to…
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California dive-boat fire highlights need for more than one exit from sleeping quarters
The U.S. Coast Guard says all 33 passengers and one crew member are assumed dead after a tragic boat fire early Monday that occurred in open water off California. The commercial diving vessel sank off Santa Barbara, California, hours before it was due to return from a three-day dive trip through California’s Channel Islands. Of the 39 people aboard, five crew members…
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FORM and Polar to Bring Heart Rate to Augmented Reality Swim Goggles
Starting this November, FORM Swim Goggles will support Polar’s OH1 and OH1+ optical heart rate monitors VANCOUVER, BC – September 3, 2019 – Today, FORM, the sports technology company behind the world’s first augmented reality swim goggles, and Polar, the leader in wearable sports and fitness technology for over 40 years, announced that the FORM…
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Destroying a SEAL SwimSafe 2.0 – A Lesson in Fail Safety
SEAL SwimSafe 2.0 is a drowning prevention technology which relies upon continuous communication between a centralized hub monitored by a lifeguard or parent and wearable swim bands worn by swimmers. SEAL SwimSafe is only a last line of defense for drowning prevention and the fundamentals of early and effective swim lessons, vigilant lifeguards and parents…