The dream of being able to breathe underwater without heavy and expensive diving equipment is a step closer with the launch of a Kickstarter campaign by Melbourne-based Scorkl to fund its revolutionary portable and lightweight breathing apparatus.
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rokur
Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)
One of my favourite quotes is “Stay hungry, Stay Foolish” – Steve Jobs. https://youtu.be/Hn3vjMemwG4
Olympic gold medalist Breeja Larson shares why she is powered by ASEA. https://youtu.be/pwPTDZpGTSA
American Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte said he had suicidal thoughts following the gas station scandal that arose during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On Tuesday, Allison Glock of ESPN passed along comments from Lochte, who explained his mindset after he became public enemy No. 1 for a short period of time. “After Rio, I was probably the most hated person in the world,” he said. “There were a couple of points where I was crying, thinking, ‘If I go to bed and never wake up, fine.'” Glock asked whether that meant he considered suicide, and Lochte nodded…
Axel Reymond – French Champion 2017 of the 25 km in open-water (FFN videos of 2017-06-04 at Gravelines) https://youtu.be/U-pgWSMujTg
Sign your child up for summer fun with swim lessons at the Y! https://youtu.be/mtkNqQTvVBM
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A 6-year-old girl is dead after an apparent drowning at the Lake Elmo Swimming Pond on Sunday, Jeff Wagner reports (2:20). https://youtu.be/8mdn7bhULno
Based on a spoken word poem written by Ayo Akinwolere, At Sea is the story of one man’s relationship with the open water. https://vimeo.com/219682388
Back in 2003, Hall was lining up at swimming meets alongside Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington as part of British Swimming’s world-class potential programme. At 11, he was ranked No1 in all freestyle distances, 50m through to 1500m and before long his ever-increasing medal tally caught the eye of tough-talking Australian Bill Sweetenham, who coached Britain for seven years until 2007. “I thrived off winning, beating records and the attention. I was fascinated with human evolution and progress,†Hall says. “I was looking up to my hero Mark Foster and Olympic gold medallists, saying that I would one day be there.