Category: Fun
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The Dark and Cold workshop in winter swimming
My opinion: If the water is that hard to come to, then it might not be for you ! :-) Kurs Vinterbad i Ursviken 2012-01-14 from Olaf Schneider on Vimeo. Visit darkandcold.com for more info
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SuSvim responds to Berns’ taunt: “Yes we can”
“… and then some”. See original Berns taunts here and here.
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Prince George Aquatics Adult Swimming Lessons
A promo for what seems to be a well-structured, quality program teaching adults to swim, offered by the Aquatic Division of the City of Prince George (Canada). That bearded guy is epic !
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The Sea is Free
Nice video by Henry Austwick, I guess somewhere near University College Famouth in the United Kingdom. “The Sea is Free” cut 3 from Henry Austwick on Vimeo.
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Go vote for Gabe Marsh, the 7-year-old swimmer with 1 arm and no legs !
7-year-old Gabriel Marsh is an active swimmer into his third season as a Gunthersville Aquacat, easily completing a full 25-meters in the video below despite only having only one arm and no legs. He is a finalist for America Inspired Outstanding Youth, a contest celebrating extraordinary youngsters setting an example for all generations. Go vote…
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90-year-old realizes dream of becoming a lifeguard
A 90-year-old former professional swimmer and diver fulfilled a dream of her youth when she became an honorary lifeguard at the ED Isakson-Alpharetta Family YMCA on Friday 13th. She was given her own whistle, lifeguard certificate and lifeguard rescue float before taken poolside. Read Alpharetta-MiltonPatch
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Russian artist paints underwater in the Red and Black seas
Denis Lotarev is holding an exhibition St. Petersburg’s “Art Space” gallery until January 24, 2012, of his works created underwater in the Red and Black seas. Read for instance wtvy.com My personal comment: If you have a crazy project to present, and want to make it look perfectly sane, it sure helps to be able…
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The fat freediver in Egypt
Hey, that is the name of the video :-) Personally, I could never live there. Too few cod, and if possible even less haddock! Sigh.
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CC photo #15: My paparazzi self-portrait from the Roma 2009 World Championships
Shot of myself through a mirror somewhere in the Holiday Inn Rome-Aurelia, during the Roma 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Those sponsored sun hats looked silly but were very practical in the blazing Italian sun, I still keep mine as a (in Faroe Islands totally useless) memento. It reminds me of this great Roma 2009 promo…