Category: Open Water
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Dozens rescued by coastguards after Southwold Pier-to-Pub Swim goes wrong
Read for instance the BBC, the Mirror, MailOnline, Sky and EDP24 A major search and rescue operation was launched yesterday after dozens of people taking part in the Southwold Pier-to-Pub Swim had to be pulled from the sea. About 200 people were taking part in the event, which involved swimming around the town’s pier before heading…
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Croatia Underwater Swimming Technique
This is a collection of video clips from 2012 swimming holiday season run by Strel Swimming Adventures, local tour operator. Video clips are used to do video analysis and improve swimming technique in open water.
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CC photo #512: The start of the Rhodes 2007 Island Games triathlon
The start of the men’s triathlon at the Natwest 2007 Island Games in Rhodes, Greece. I was coach of the Faroese triathlon squad back then. The crooked but otherwise really nice outdoor swimming pool can be seen in the background.
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Open Water Swim – Flowers Sea Swim
Cool video courtesy of The Race Club The Flowers Sea Swim is the most fun Open Water Swim event we have ever been a part of. Gary Hall Sr caught up with the family behind the event, Frank and daughter Dara Flowers.
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Pascal’s 1 Day in Paradise
Justin tells the story of Pascal, a boy who absolutely loves the water and grew up on a boat in Tropical North Queensland, as he revisits the Great Barrier Reef.
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Roger Auster – Sea Swimmer
20 year old Roger Auster from the landlocked town of Cirencester in the Cotswolds, talks about his experiences to do with sea swimming in the cold waters around his new home of Falmouth on the south Cornish coast. Roger Auster – Sea Swimmer from Benjmain Wormald on Vimeo.
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Hotspot: Carina conquers extreme swim around Cape Point for child cancer
Carina Bruwer from the multiple award-winning instrumental pop group Sterling EQ, successfully rounded Cape Point on 23 April 2013, finishing the 8km extreme swim equipped only with a standard swimming costume, cap and goggles, according to open water swimming rules. The “Swim for Hope” was in support of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust (LFCT), a…
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SA musician and marathon swimmer Carina Bruwer completes 8K swim around Cape Horn to support children with cancer
See Sterling EQ Carina Bruwer, lead player of SAMA Award-winning instrumental pop group Sterling EQ, successfully rounded Cape Point, finishing the 8km extreme swim equipped only with a standard swimming costume, cap and goggles, according to open water swimming rules. The “Swim for Hope†was in support of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust (LFCT), a…