Author: rokur
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Behold DigitalRev’s Kai faking a $25,000 Hasselblad H3D photo with a GoPro
A fun (and geeky) episode out of DigitalRev’s Fake a Big Shot video series, in which Kai Man Wong has to replicate a classic dive photo that Chase Jarvis shot with a Hasselblad H3D worth $25,000. ” I gave him 8 hours … and a GoPro Hero3PLUS ($399) to get it done.” [chasejarvis.com] And Kai…
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2014 is Chad Le Clos’ year
Read City Press The young swimmer recently said that his next goal is to break one of Michael Phelps’ world long course records and he is hoping to achieve this at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, or perhaps at the next World Championships that will be held in Kazan, Russia, in 2015. “It is…
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Sacramento Swimmers Take ‘Polar Bear Plunge’
See FOX40 Swimmers, starting off their weekend with a splash, braved cold winter waters Saturday morning to raise money and awareness for the city’s aquatic program. “It’s not even freezing but, trust me, when you jump in over your head, it will take your breath away,†said Terri Webster Schrandt, the City of Sacramento’s recreation…
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Swimmers brave icy waters for start of Harbin’s Ice Festival
“700 swimming enthusiasts braved icy waters to compete in an ice swimming competition ahead of Harbin’s annual Ice Festival.”
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Penn swim team ‘dodge bullet’ on camp in Florida as winter hits home
See wptv.com Early morning practice may not be what college students want to do over winter break. But it sure beats what their friends and families are doing back home. “It’s a high of 12 and a low of -12, 100% chance of snow, they’re supposed to get 2 feet it’s wild,” said Christina Hurley,…
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Microsoft salutes the Heroic Women of 2013, including Diana Nyad
“These heroic women show what spirit, courage, and perseverance can achieve. May their bravery inspire us in 2014 and beyond.” http://youtu.be/ZyB7bzYRoqY Image courtesy of Fortune Live Media, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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FINA announces 2014 World Cup stops; Europe loses Berlin
See fina.org The 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup calendar is now official, including two stops in Arabia in late August, one in Hong Kong late December, two in Europe early October, and three in the Far East late October / early November. Berlin is out, Germany according to SwimmingWorld without a World Cup stop for…
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Jazz Carlin reveals reasons she stayed in Wales
Read WalesOnline Swimming star Jazz Carlin has revealed the backroom support she receives in Wales persuaded her to stay in Swansea. The Swansea pool lost its Intensive Training Centres (ITC) status at the end of last year from British Swimming. Carlin watched former training partners Jemma Lowe and Georgia Davies relocate to Bath and Loughborough…
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SwimmingWorld and SwimVortex launch petition asking FINA to recognize all victims during during the DDR Olympic Reign
See open letter and petition on change.org, plus articles on SwimmingWorld and SwimVortex On behalf of the swimming community worldwide, we are calling on FINA to recognize all victims during this dark period in Olympic history and to lobby the International Olympic Committee to take similar action. When Nelson Mandela passed away of late, his story reminded us all…