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  • Do Sprinters Do Distance?! | Cody Miller Vlogs

    Dec 19, 2018

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    rokur
    in Competition

  • Orcas playing with swimmer at Hahei Beach, New Zealand

    Dec 18, 2018

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    rokur
    in Nature

  • Bangladesh’s most celebrated swimmer calls it a day

    Dec 18, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    After nearly half a century navigating Bangladesh’s thousands of miles of rivers, the country’s most celebrated swimmer has hung up his trunks — but not before one final, arduous paddle upstream.

  • Who needs wingsuits??!!

    Dec 18, 2018

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    rokur
    in Freediving

    Freediver Stig Pryds jumps down a 30 meter deep canyon -without a wingsuit or a parachute! Ok, so it’s underwater, but still… stunt performed under supervision of safety divers by a very well-trained athlete. Find out more about Stig here: https://www.stigpryds.com/

  • The Swim For Peace – from Cuba to Florida

    Dec 18, 2018

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    in History, Open Water

    After 15 years of writing letters, making phone calls and training, Ohio baker Walter Poenisch finally received a visa and permission to swim from Havana, Cuba to the Florida Keys. There to send him off on his harrowing journey was Fidel Castro who left a memento on board Walter’s guide boat that provides a mystery for the well known travel channel television show.

    https://youtu.be/eGDBuKwTj9s

  • Open Water Swimmer Conquers Barbados

    Dec 18, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Vern Glenn talks with a rock star of open-water swimming: Cameron Bellamy. (12-14-18)

  • The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think It Is | The Swim

    Dec 18, 2018

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    rokur
    in Environment

    It’s not an island twice the size of Texas. But it is severely impacting marine life and human health… and incredibly hard to study.

  • Waterford’s Ella Dyjak – The Day’s All-Area Swimmer of the Year

    Dec 18, 2018

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Waterford’s Ella Dyjak is The Day’s All-Area Swimmer of the Year.

  • New Zealand’s top five swimming spots to cool off this summer

    Dec 18, 2018

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    in Nature, Wild Swimming

    The Breakfast team went on the hunt for the best places the country has to offer.

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