Category: Equipment
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James Magnussen – Swimming is …
“James Magnussen (Olympic 100m Freestyle Silver Medallist) shows us his moves, in this video dedicated to our swimming community. When asked why you guys loved swimming, we noted some of our favourite responses.”
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Behold A Snorkel That Lets You Breathe Through Your Nose
See Geekologie Snorkeling: it’s like one step away from drowning. But now there’s the Easybreath Snorkeling Mask, a snorkel that lets you breathe through your nose (just like on dry land!) for people who aren’t coordinated enough to only breathe through their mouth. According to Tribord, the product will be sold in Decathlon stores.
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Off The Sofa & Into The Water – Ways To Get Your Child Swimming
The Swimming Pool Store – Guest Post With a decline in physical activity and a rise in children attaching themselves to everything from TVs to tablets, it so no wonder that obesity and poor health amongst children is a growing concern. Many parents are worried that their children can easily slip into a habit of…
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Art of the Cap: Natalie Coughlin x Adhemas Batista
Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin collaborated with artist Adhemas Batista to design a vibrant, limited-edition swim cap for Speedo USA’s Art of the Cap. All proceeds from this cap will go toward Right To Play, a global organization that uses sports to educate and empower children facing adversity. Every cap sold will raise awareness, raise money,…
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Season’s Greetings from Speedo
Featuring Tyler Clary, Michael Jamieson, Daryna Zevina, Mireia Belmonte, Jessica Hardy, Melani Costa and Cullen Jones.
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A swimmer’s Christmas gift guide
Read The Swimming Blog on the Guardian I assume everyone is as fussy as me so I’d never advocate giving a swimming costume. Knowing an approximate size is not enough; what’s the betting they’ll prefer a specific kind of back, leg cut, colour, make or combination of those things? Same with goggles – I know…
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Turkey labels swimming goggles worn during protests ‘weapons’
Read News24 A Turkish court has ruled that swimming goggles and other protective equipment used by protesters during this year’s mass street demonstrations were “weapons”, local media reported on Friday. Demonstrators armed themselves with home-made gear such as masks made of plastic bottles, motorbike helmets and goggles to protect themselves from tear gas fired by…
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CAMOPOOLâ„¢ “World’s 1st Camouflage Swimming Pool”
Warning, epic fundraising video, see RocketHub :-) “This is your opportunity to own the world’s 1st camouflage swimming pools before they are released to the public. Our awesome product is what we are offering to you for your support. We expect the delivery to take place sometime around April 2014.” RocketHub Speech from CAMOPOOL on…
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Textured surface could create ‘driest ever’ super-hydrophobic material
Read for instance BBC, livescience and nature US engineers at MIT in Boston have developed a new way of texturing surfaces that they believe could make for the “most waterproof material ever”. Inspired by ridges found in nature on the wings of the Morpho butterfly and the veins of nasturtium leaves, they added tiny ridges…