Swimmer's Daily

  • How cool is this? Watch as swimmers in Oslob, Philippines find themselves surrounded by giant Whale Sharks!

  • Climate change and shrinking sea ice is impacting polar bear populations and their ability to forage for food and to produce healthy cubs. BYU biology professor Blaine Griffen analyzed polar bear data from the U.S. Geological Survey and calculated the metabolic rate of polar bears for different activities. He found that it takes five times as much energy for a polar bear to swim than it does for a bear to walk. Since bears are being forced to swim to forage for food since they can’t walk across sea ice, this is having a negative impact on the health of the bears and species survival.

  • Natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Russian Olympic swimmer Arkady Vyatchanin on his experience with the standard American diet (SAD) and how it affects the performance of athletes in the U.S.

    https://youtu.be/YeOja98sSsA

    https://youtu.be/zn-oarprYaE

  • Former Princeton Women’s Swimming & Diving Coach Susan Teeter of Princeton talks about things clubs can do to make to gain the attention of potential sponsors.

  • Our little penguin (kororā) patients ÅŒhope and Desmond take a swim at our Vet Hospital!

    Some of you may remember little Ōhope from the stories we’ve made on his progress ever since he arrived as a chick in October of last year. You’ll be pleased to know that Ōhope is now eating his adult food without any assistance from our vets!

    Vet nurse Celine explains that Desmond arrived at our Vet Hospital from a similar place as Ōhope, after being found with a big abdominal wound that our vets suspect was from a dog bite – the greatest threat to our little penguins.

    Please make sure to keep your dogs on a leash around little penguin nests as they return to the same nesting sites each season. This at risk species is found around the coastlines of New Zealand and on off-shore islands like Waiheke Island.

  • She’s the Coast Guard’s first ever woman selected from the time she was a recruit, to be a rescue swimmer. She is also only 18-years-old.

  • https://youtu.be/uJw7fYdJhRs

  • Jeff Jordan is a keen swimmer – at 73yrs old he swims every week and as much as he enjoys his regular dips in the pool, he knows that for some – length after length of crawl, breaststroke or backstroke can become just a little bit boring – especially for children.

    So, he devised nearly 60 new strokes which he hopes will put the fun back into swimming and inspire younger swimmers.

    In this film, Jeff demonstrates some of his new strokes but not only in the local pool, as you would expect – but also in another very special Norfolk place – and makes his dream come true.