Author: rokur

Diver’s Den is hosting its first ever underwater pumpkin carving contest at 3 p.m. Oct. 26 at the jetties at St. Andrews State Park. The event is free for all certified scuba divers — except for the cost of a pumpkin. See Panama City News Herald

Yesterday in Tórshavn (Thor’s Harbour, our capitol), I was elected president of the Faroe Islands Swimming Association. A maybe logical but still humbling milestone for me personally, to be appointed head of this tiny federation of ours, that these past few years has seen successes as never before. Former president Jon Hestoy had announced last year that he would be resigning now, and I guess that I as vice president was one of the natural candidates. But it is a major task, as he has been actively involved in pretty much everything that the federation does, and it therefore took until this…

Hawaiian surfer Koa Smith shot GoPro video of an impressive 27-second ride inside the the tube of a wave at Skeleton Bay in Namibia, Africa. Via Laughing Squid http://youtu.be/3KM5Vnnog5w

The 16th FINA World Championships will be held in Kazan, Russia, from July 24 – August 9, 2015. Kazan has now developed the most advanced sporting infrastructure in all of Russia and has one of the most advanced Aquatic facilities in the world. http://youtu.be/L6RPfQDyiDY

A Commerce City woman says she was not allowed to use the pool at the local rec center because her clothing doesn’t conform to pool rules. Jaclyn Allen has the story. Courtesy of 7 NEWS – The Denver Channel http://youtu.be/wrtl8VQ-uxY

‘There’s something in the water.’ http://youtu.be/R5mPELbWVDk

Active Essex and Olympic swimming and TV personality Mark Foster launched “Get Active Essex” today, kicking off the sports campaign with a 3k park run in Central Park, Chelmsford. Get Active Essex is a campaign that aims to encourage a healthier and more active county. Around 80 people attended the first event, some running, others walking, and some even undertaking the course with babies in buggies. “We want to get as many people active in greater Essex a possible,” explained the chairman of Get Active, Gary Sullivan, who took part in the run. “With this event, obviously park running has…

A dramatic scene played out at Oregon’s Fogarty Creek State Park on Saturday after five people had to be rescued from a rocky outcrop by helicopter and one more was saved by beachgoers who formed a human chain. A group of eight people between 18 and 30 years old were stranded on craggy rocks near Depoe Bay as high tide came in. As rough waves quickly swelled, to jump into the waves and swim back to shore, KATU reports. When a female swimmer began to struggle, a group of beachgoers went to heroic lengths to save her by forming a…

15 year old Erik Nieman is a competitive swimmer with cyclic fibrosis. Make A Wish Foundation gave him the opportunity to train with olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. http://youtu.be/qB_MnGZhwyE

June 6, 2014 is a day that has forever changed the Franklin community. On that Friday, six teenagers from Franklin Community High School were along the Big Blue River Dam, when Sarah McLevish, 16, became trapped in the churning water. Two other teenagers, Michael Chadbourne and Jason Moran, died trying to save her. McLevish spent eleven weeks in two different Indianapolis hospitals. She has been at home with her family since August 21. “The family room has become Sarah’s room; overwhelmingly Sarah’s room,” her mom, Bobbi Hubbard, laughed. Hubbard and her other daughter, Kaitlin, transformed the room. On the walls,…