Category: Safety
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Diving with the deadly irukandji
A funny read, this thing on Gadling Not more than two seconds after reaching the bottom, however, his eyes excitedly bulged and appeared to double in size as seen through the fog of his mask. Slowly, he raised a focused finger at something apparently located behind me. For anyone who hasn’t spent much time underwater,…
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Wahooo headbands monitor how long swimmers are submerged
The Wahooo® Swim Monitor System is a drowning detection system invented for dark water facilities (but undoubtedly usable also in clearer water), that monitors how long submerged swimmers are under water, and then alerts the lifeguard if the situation gets dangerous. First, when a swimmer is submerged for a preset period of time (considered by…
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Oklahoma Swimming hosts swim clinic for Native Americans
On Jan. 21, 2012 Oklahoma Swimming held a clinic for Native Americans interested in swimming.
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Diana Nyad presenting her 2012 Xtreme Dream Swim Jellyfish Armor
“It’s the jellyfish, that is what it is all about” :-)
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Hackett helping out to launch Swim Kids Operation 10,000
Swim Kids Operation 10,000 is a fundraising campaign developed by Uncle Tobys to help the Royal Life Saving Society raise awareness and funds to provide free Swim and Survive lessons for 10,000 children who would otherwise miss out. Targeting children from ethnic and indigenous communities as well as from disadvantaged families. Six-year-old Charbel Elias here…
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Shallow Water Blackout Prevention: The Whitner Milner Story
Whitner Milner died in the family pool from shallow water blackout, which experts believe to be the #1 cause of swimming-related deaths. Rhonda Milner, MD, is working with pool expert Tom Griffiths and Clarion, the safety sign company, to bring awareness to the danger, pointing to the 3 criteria of shallow water blackout: That it…
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They knew that Flavio Bomio used to sleep with the athletes ?
Notice, my Italian is no-existent, but the message in this article seems clear enough, even through Google Translate: “How was it possible that nobody has ever had suspicions about an individual who went alone to the fields of training and transfers of the company and also slept in the room with this or that guy?”.…
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Today’s “Workout with Woodward”, courtesy of ASCA
I’m speechless, so go read Chris DeSantis’ post here on The Swim Brief
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Dillon Hodges can’t swim
That can’t be, USA – if you can’t solve that problem, then send him to me ;-) I Can’t Swim from zoneCG on Vimeo. I think this is the song he talks about, see also www.dillonhodges.com