Category: Wow
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How I Learned to Swim
This is an inspirational and well-told story of overcoming your fears – produced on an ipad by an educator-in-training in a SHIFT workshop. Submerge. How I Learned to Swim from Shift Workshops on Vimeo.
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Cullen Jones Donates Defibrillators To Local Foundation
Read CBS Baltimore Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones teams up with a local foundation to donate life-saving equipment to the city’s aquatic program. Jones met an eager group of swimmers Saturday at Callowhill Aquatic Center. He joined the Connor Cares Foundation to present the center with three defibrillators. “The city of Baltimore is delighted to…
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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…
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Underwater Record Gets Examined On ‘Outrageous Acts Of Science’
See Huffington Post In November 2002, Tim Yarrow set a world record for most time spent underwater. He was underwater for 240 hours, beating out the previous record, 212 hours and 30 minutes, set in 1986 by Michael Stephens of Britain. Yarrow, was 30 when he dropped into the water for a week and a…
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Chad Le Clos awarded the Order of Ikhamanga
Read for instance enca Chancellor of the National Orders, Dr Cassius Lubisi has announced the names of recipients who will be bestowed with the country’s highest honour. […] The Order of Ikhamanga will go to Olympic swimmer Chad Le Clos, who will be awarded in silver for his achievements in swimming, notably in last year’s…
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‘To Row An Ocean’, a film about Livar Nysted
A really nice short film about extreme ocean rower Livar Nysted, the other true (living) sports hero of the Faroe Islands. Livar is an extremely grounded person, in the photo below he is giving free rides to children in a dressed-up rowing boat at the annual “Seaman’s Day” in KlaksvÃk.