Category: Fun
-
Elevating pool is both very 007 and good for the disabled
Hidden Water Pools founder Stefan Kanetis designed this system to aid his mother Delicia, who for many years was a professional dancer, but later paid the price with severe arthritis and muscle damage in her lower extremities. Her doctor suggested that in order to avoid the wheelchair, she needed to exercise daily in a warm…
-
Sychev sets new ice swimming world record: 2100 meters in 56 minutes
According to The Voice of Russia and Pravda, 45-year-old Andrei Sychev in Siberia has set a new long distance / long duration ice swimming record, completing 2.1 kilometers in 56 minutes and 7 seconds at the National Ice Swimming Championships in Tyomen, Sibiria this weekend. The water temperature was 0.5°C and the air temperature -13°C…
-
Speedo Ice Swim 2011 Teaser
The Speedo Ice Swim Africa is an event held annually in Nuwedam, Fraserburg, South Africa, where the swimmers complete a mile in 5°C warm water (that’s 41°F). This year is was held on 23 July, so yes, this teaser is a bit late. But there’s always next year! :-) Speedo Ice Swim 2011 Teaser from…
-
Support Ocean City hospital by taking an icy New Year’s Day plunge
Shiver, “Looking for a quick fix for that New Year’s Eve hangover? In Ocean City, hundreds will ring in the new year with a plunge into the Atlantic Ocean for the 18th annual Atlantic General Hospital Penguin Swim. The event takes place at 1 p.m. on the beach in front of the Princess Royale. “It’s…
-
Swimming fish rug illusion
This is the ‘Magic Carp-pet’ rug, winner of 2011 Red Dot Design Awards. The animation is achieved through an optical illusion effect induced by a so-called moiré pattern, read more on Daily Picks and Flicks.
-
Fly underwater on the towable Abyss Board
The Abyss Board is the first towable board that can be ridden both above and below the wake, while doing tricks and maneuvers by steering its wings. “It combines fighter jet maneuvers with underwater exploration, there’s really nothing like it,†said Eric Healy, aeronautical engineer and Abyss Board inventor. “Cruising on the Abyss Board allows…
-
Santa freediving
Because he need to get the gifts out to all of us, even the freedivers at ApneaCanarias.
-
Caba Siladji swimming a lap in Szczecin with a GoPro head-cam
At least that is who I think it is, Serbian swimmer Caba Siladji (or Csaba Szilágyi) of Hungarian origin, who for instance qualified for the 50 breaststroke semi-final this morning. Courtesy of the organizers of the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
-
Don’t dive, or the sailor will come get you !
Denmark’s Daniel Skaaning in deep trouble here at the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships ;-P