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Press release from SwimOutlet.com SwimOutlet.com, the web’s most popular swim shop, has partnered with the United States Lifesaving Association (USLA), its first-ever sponsorship of a national lifeguard organization. USLA is America’s non-profit association of beach lifeguards and open water rescuers (www.usla.org).

Via PetaPixel We’ve introduced you to best friends CJ Kale and Nick Selway before, back in 2012 when we first shared the beautiful photography they created for their gallery “Lava Light Galleries.” But today, you get to go into the water with them while they tell you about capturing amazing shots while, at times, swimming in 110°F water. http://youtu.be/Zz17pQ5vK04

See kmov.com Four suspects are in custody after they allegedly burglarized a north St. Louis County home, then led police on two separate chases Wednesday afternoon. According to police, a woman and her granddaughter found four people burglarizing her home in the 2400 block of Center Drive in Jennings. Police say two of the suspects fled the scene and were later arrested in the same area. The other two led authorities on a chase that ended near a series of lakes near Fairmont City, Ill.

So there, as fair weather hits Denmark, a pair of policemen decided to let kids use the hood of their police car as a pier plunging water slide. This at the popular park “Femøren” on the island of Amager outside Copenhagen. The brass has no problem with this, as quoted here on dr.dk: – Police officers are also normal people, and if you can get a good and reasonable dialog and teach kids to have a good relationship with the police, then it is only good. Post by Eduardo Flyaway.

See myfox9.com High water is slowing the efforts to find a missing man who leapt into the St. Croix River to save his nephew, but officials say the unfortunate ordeal is an opportunity to raise awareness about how dangerous fast-flowing waters can be. Calvin Vang, 11, was rescued by a Good Samaritan who jumped from a 30-foot cliff after hearing his cries. He had been fishing with his uncle, 21-year-old Touhu Vang, when he slipped and fell in. […] KMSP-TV

See KOB You can now pick up free swim passes for your kids to use at the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County pools. It’s part of the Ditch the Ditches program and this year it’s getting a new look and mascots. The program is also handing out more than 50,000 free swim passes with the goal of keeping kids out of drainage ditches that can turn deadly if a flash flood hits. “It’s a good program,” said Michael Barth. “It’s been around since I was a kid.”

Read Daily Commercial An intoxicated 40-year-old swimmer pushed her luck by splashing a county marine patrol officer, then ran out of luck by biting him, an arrest report states. Sheriff’s deputies on marine patrol at the Silver Glen Run near Astor said they spotted Amy Allen swimming in a boating lane with a pool float toy at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday. An arrest affidavit said the Odessa woman asked if she could climb aboard the marked patrol boat.

Read TimesDispatch The former assistant coach at a Hanover County swim club was found guilty Tuesday in Hanover Circuit Court of sex-related offenses against a juvenile swimmer that he’d known since her early childhood. Tucker E. Smith, 24, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 29.

See NBCDFW Concern is growing that more could have been done to prevent a child’s drowning in a Balch Springs pond last week. Tamia Johnson, 9, drowned on May 18 while swimming in a retention pond at the new Walter E. Luedeke Park, located in the 3200 block of Hickory Creek Road. “I don’t understand why it takes a fatality for something to be done,” Weldon Colbert, a Balch Springs resident, told city council members Tuesday night.

See Click Orlando A New Smyrna Beach man recorded video of sharks just feet from young swimmers over Memorial Day weekend and posts it to YouTube, where it’s gained more than 7,000 views. The video shows the danger lurking off the coast in waist-deep water, right off of New Smyrna Beach Inlet. “I noticed a bunch of dark shadows in the water and I thought, ‘Wow, this is interesting, I wonder what this is,'” said Steve Anest. “It became apparent just by their signature shape that they were sharks. Sharks were everywhere. In a second, if I would’ve fallen off,…