Swimmer's Daily

Category: Fun

  • George Bovell uses spearfishing as cross-training

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    Right, following that Morning Swim Show interview, I had to go straight out and find that “spearfishing cross training” that they were talking about, and that George Bovell III even thinks gives him great adaptation, enjoying a weekend of diving 90 feet deep in strong current while breath-holding. Via georgebovellswimming.com. spearfishing cross training from George…

  • Ian Thorpe at the Royal Wedding

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    Ian Thorpe is said to be “extremely humbled and overwhelmed” at receiving an invitation from the future King of England, who he has met only once at a Kirribilli House reception in 2009 when the Prince expressed an interest in Thorpe’s Fountain of Youth charity. Via scaq.blogspot.com and dailytelegraph.com.au. VIDEO: Thorpedo arrives at Abbey

  • Sewer to be swimming pool in Norway

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    Norway’s Forsvarsbygg will announce on 2 May, who gets to rent the old sewer facilities under Festningsplassen in Oslo, very intriguingly described as more or less not used since 1979. Two cinema companies want to build Norway’s biggest cinema there, while the Norwegian Swimming Federation want to turn them into a 4000 square metre big…

  • Bad choice of swimming hole

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  • A Water-Powered clock

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    Not exactly powered by water, but using it as a conductive agent, completing an electrical circuit powered by probably a slowly dissolving piece of zinc. Anyways, all kinds of water-powering always sound like the perfect solution for swimming pools :-) See vat19.com.

  • The CNM Wiz Khalifa ‘Black and Yellow’ remix

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    ‘Blue and Yellow’, featuring Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille team members Grégory Mallet, Fabien Gilot, Bradley Ally, Nabil Kebbab, Giacomo Perez Dortona and Camille Lacourt. Sweet.

  • Wavejet, for when you’re tired of paddling

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    Two battery-powered jets tucked into the shortboard’s three-inch shell provide 20 pounds of thrust to propel riders at 12 mph – three times the average paddling speed, and just what you need to catch the big one. Read popsci.com and see WaveJet.

  • So you think your fly set is tough?

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    Next time you’re getting tired on that tough ‘fly set, think of Dr Julie Bradshaw, from Britain. She’s 47 – and this summer she’s intent on testing sanity itself with a round-Manhattan Island swim – 28.5 miles – on butterfly. Read more here on SwimNews.com.

  • Jetlev gets a music video

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    Yes, probably a viral commercial or something, but all I can say is “sweet!”. And if you are interested in becoming some kind of techno-aquaman, the address is www.jetlev.com.