Category: Swimming Pools
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Ohio landlord defends “White Only” sign at pool
A landlord in Ohio is claiming that not only is her “White Only” pool sign not racist, but that the state’s civil rights commission was wrong in declaring it discriminatory. An African-American girl visited the pool and was told that she made the pool ‘cloudy’ because she used chemicals in her hair, and then this…
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FLUID Nuit Blanche Paris
A TSAI Chia-Wen light and sound installation for Nuit Blanche Paris 2011, in the most ancient swimming pool “Château-Landon” of Paris City. FLUID Nuit Blanche Paris from Chia-Wen TSAI on Vimeo.
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Elevating pool is both very 007 and good for the disabled
Hidden Water Pools founder Stefan Kanetis designed this system to aid his mother Delicia, who for many years was a professional dancer, but later paid the price with severe arthritis and muscle damage in her lower extremities. Her doctor suggested that in order to avoid the wheelchair, she needed to exercise daily in a warm…
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Swim. – Behind the scenes / day three
Warning, no pool shot this time. Follow them like crazy on Facebook. See also behind the scenes day one and two. SWIM – Behind the Scenes / Day Three from SWIM. – Short Film on Vimeo.
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Grant Hackett: “No pool, no career”
Tell me about it, it’s like hockey rink that I never got ! “I began swimming at Innisfail in Queensland and we had a pool and my swimming career would be non-existent without the pool. “Sporting facilities are the heart of regional communities and it becomes more than just a pool, but a meeting place,”…
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Dive into Barcelona’s Olympic swimming pool
The outdoor Olympic swimming pool in Barcelona (Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc) boasts stunning panoramic views of the city and costs only £4 to visit. Pro-diver and Barcelona native José Marillo shows us round his ‘office’. Via the Guardian.
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Swimming prohibited only in swimming area ?
And prohibited during swimming hours, see rule No. 3. Sign found in Okinawa, Japan, picture courtesy of Daam Nillan, via Engrish.com.
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Liquid nitrogen into a swimming pool
Sweet, wish they had a human guinea pig to throw into it. Oh wait. Liquid Nitrogen Into A Swimming Pool from physicisttv on Vimeo. Physicisttv.com via GoSwim on Twitter.
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World’s longest swimming pool concept wins Holcim Gold Award
The 3rd International Holcim Awards for sustainable construction projects from across Europe were recently announced at a ceremony in Milan, with the German architectural firm realities:united taking first prize for its Flussbad proposal. We’re talking transforming a strech of the River Spree in central Berlin into a 745 meter “swimming pool”, purified naturally by a…