Category: Open Water
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Ice Swimmers in China
“Harbin, one of the coldest cities in China, hosts a ice swimming contest. The swimmers take the plunge into waters close to -26 degrees Celsius.” Ehm no, pretty sure that water freezes before -26 degrees Celsius, even in China
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Extreme diving from bridge over Rome’s Tiber on New Year’s Day
A handful of Italians have spent New Year’s Day diving 17 metres from a bridge into the chilly Tiber river in Rome.
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Lantzville 2013 Polar Swim
“New Years Day 2013 many brave folk met at Harper Road to take part in the annual Polar Bear Swim. With water tempretures of 6c they plunged emerging to air tempretures of only 4C. Same time and place next year see you there.” – Oldtimer with coconut breasts and inuit drum, I think we’ve seen…
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Lake Tahoe New Year’s 2013 Celebration Swim
“This is how we celebrate new years 2013,” including awesome last comment “hold on, what do I do when my muscles stop working?”
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Franklin and Phelps named 2012 Swimmers of the Year by FINA and SwimmingWorld
After collecting the votes from the 202 National Member Federations, media and aquatic experts, FINA’s Athletes of 2012 are Missy Franklin (USA) and Michael Phelps (USA) in the swimming category, and Eva Risztov (HUN) and Oussama Mellouli (TUN) in the open water swimming category. See FINA.org FINA’s picks for top athletes in open water, diving,…
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8th Annual Ajax Polar Bear Swim – 2013
The Ajax Polar Bear Swim takes place each January 1st at Paradise Beach Park in Ajax, Ontario. This is the video from the 2013 version (8th annual).
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New years day 2013 – The Polar Bear Swim!
“The polar bear swim is a tradition in Vancouver (and in other places as well) to swim in the cold wintery waters of English bay beach on the first day of every new year, as a means of beginning a fresh new year whilst having some unassuming fun.” New years day 2013 – The Polar…
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Saundersfoot New Years Day Swim 2013
“New Year’s Day Swim at Saundersfoot 2013. Hundreds taking part, thousands watching. Super start to the year. Can you spot the local “Pap” taking photos!” Now with fireworks ! Saundersfoot New Years Day Swim 2013 from Nick Pudsey on Vimeo.
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The Polar Bear Swim
“For this gig I didn’t shoot flat like I normally do for post grading I wanted the the image to feel cool by pulling towards blue in camera.” Yeah, and the weather helped too :-) The Polar Bear Swim from Kadshah Nagibe on Vimeo.