Swimmer's Daily

Category: Safety

  • Swim coach says backyard pool ban would defeat the purpose

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    Read The Gympie Times A Sunshine Coast veteran swim coach has poured cold water on suggestions to ban backyard pools. This week an Australian mummy blogger caused outrage when she suggested swimming pools in Australian homes should be banned because they presented an unacceptable risk to children. Jo Abi wrote in her iVillage column that if…

  • Coroner pays tribute to Channel swimmer Susan Taylor

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    Read The Hinckley Times A coroner has praised the selflessness of a charity fundraiser who collapsed and died as she neared the end of her attempt to swim the English Channel. Susan Taylor was trying to fulfil a childhood ambition, as well as raising funds for a children’s hospice, when she was taken ill a…

  • Freediver injured by hit-and-run boat speaks out

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    Read The Palm Beach Post Jorge Caba’s physical recovery from injuries inflicted by a boat propeller to his thigh and pelvis Sunday is moving along, but he says recuperating mentally has been tough. As he considers his 12-year-old daughter who was on his boat with him that afternoon, he cries. “My daughter doesn’t want to…

  • Why Is Swimming the Most Deadly Leg of a Triathlon?

    Why Is Swimming the Most Deadly Leg of a Triathlon?

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    Read Scientific American Despite being the first leg and covering the shortest distance in any triathlon, swimming has proved to be the most deadly. Minneapolis Heart Institute cardiologist Kevin Harris last year published a study in JAMA: The Journal of American Medical Association analyzing the results of 2,971 USA Triathlon-sanctioned events held between January 2006…

  • It’s never too early to teach your baby how to swim

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    See FCN Drowning is the number one cause of non-injury death for kids ages one to four and it is 100% preventable. Especially here in Florida where water is all over the place, it’s important for kids to learn to swim. “Most children take better to the water environment if they’re taught at an earlier…

  • Call for backyard swimming pool ban to save kids causes outrage

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    Read Sunshine Coast Daily A call to ban backyard pools in Australia has caused outrage on social media. Jo Abi, a regular writer for ivillage.com.au, said that if swimming pools were banned children’s lives wouldn’t be put “at risk”. “The reason I started thinking about the banning of backyard pools was because February is the month…

  • Video captures orcas stalking swimmer in Wellington

    Video captures orcas stalking swimmer in Wellington

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    See The New Zealand Herald A swimmer who had a close encounter with orca in Wellington’s Lyall Bay yesterday was never in danger, an orca expert says. The person who sent the video, Rebecca Parlett, said the swimmer was unaware he was being followed by two of the ocean’s top predators until being alerted by…

  • FlipKick Swim Academy

    FlipKick Swim Academy

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    “I got a call from Kona Morren who had seen some of my work and asked if I would be interested in filming her swim class. I have two daughters of my own and I know how special these moments are to parents. I have to say, I know how much I love seeing my…

  • Freediver in serious condition after hit and run off Florida coast

    Freediver in serious condition after hit and run off Florida coast

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    See wptv.com Florida Fish and Wildlife Investigators are looking into an incident about a mile off the coast of Palm Beach near the Breakers that left a freediver in serious condition. Investigators say Jorge Caba is out of surgery with a gash on his leg and a broken pelvis. Caba said he is in a…