Swimmer's Daily

  • What’s the perfect pool temperature? There’s not just one answer. It depends on who’s using it, and for what purpose—and how much you want to deal with algae and bacteria invading your pool.

    What's The PERFECT Swimming POOL TEMPERATURE?

  • In this video I attempt to swim in an Edwardian Bathing Dress that I made. It actually went better then I expected.

    Trying to Swim in an Edwardian Bathing Dress

  • Stew Leonard Jr. and his wife Kim had made water safety their mission after losing their son to a drowning accident.

  • ‘It functions exactly like the lawn mowers that you can have at home in the garden. It sails around within an area that we have decided, and collects the waste that it finds on its tour.’

    See DR (in Danish)

  • Jasper, Errol, and Jasper’s dad, Dark Shark, learn that air is overrated when they try synchronized swimming, a hybrid of swimming, dance, and gymnastics that looks easier than it is.

  • Nash County off-duty police captain rescues girl struggling to swim

    Nash County off-duty police captain rescues girl struggling to swim

  • The Citizen Alliance of Grenoble in France launched “Operation Burkini”, to convince Grenoble’s Mayor Eric Piolle to reform the laws that prevent women from wearing burkinis in public swimming pools.

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  • People wondering about catching swimmer’s itch can get in the know with a University of Alberta website before heading to the lake this summer.

    SWIMMERSITCH.ca lets people report their own cases of the rash, alert others to problem areas around North America, learn more about the condition and fill out a survey that helps U of A researchers pinpoint when and where the parasites that cause swimmer’s itch are most prevalent.

    Swimmer’s itch is contracted by swimming in lakes, and is caused by the larvae of a worm-like parasites that are released into the water by infected snails and can penetrate the skin to cause the itch.

    “We want to help people make informed choices about where they swim by providing information on where swimmer’s itch is occurring and through education, which is what the website provides. We want to use it as a tool to connect with people.”

    The website provides updates on swimmer’s itch research, an  that lets people report their cases and a resulting map that shows the shifting locations and dates of outbreaks (factors like wind and time of day can influence where the parasite is most abundant), so they can decide whether they want to visit a particular  that day.

    Read Medical Xpress

     

  • In just the past two weeks, two teenagers have drowned while swimming in the river. A 14-year old boy died back on June 11th. Tuesday, rescuers recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl.

    Officials: Don't swim in South Fork River