Swimmer's Daily

  • An experienced open and wild swimmer has been filmed breaking ice on the surface of a Highlands loch.

    Norman Todd, 45, managed about 10 minutes in Loch Glascarnoch near Garve in Wester Ross on Saturday. The loch frequently has some the lowest temperatures in winter.

    The offshore worker, from Ullapool, is training to take part in a swim of The Minch, a stretch of water between Scotland’s north west mainland coast and the Western Isles.

    Norman previously swam in the sea between Achiltibuie and Ullapool to raise money for a marine conservation project

    Photographer and film-maker Steven Gourlay, who filmed Norman’s icy dip, said the air temperature on Saturday was almost -8C.

    See BBC

    Wild Swimming In Frozen Loch – Scottish Highlands

  • Trump, better remember who’s boss!

    Via Boing Boing

    Featured image courtesy of Kremlin Press Service, CC BY 4.0 (Kremlin copyrights)

  • Stern’s deepest dive was 106 meters on a single breath. Now he’s training to become the deepest freediver in the world.

    Adam Stern is a freediver, which means he can swim up to 300 feet underwater on a single breath

  • 14k 4,5 k 1,3k distance for great swimmers!

    https://youtu.be/dPUREwQwNMY

  • A dramatic rescue at Lennox Head on the state’s Far North Coast has made world history after new drone technology was used to save two swimmers struggling in heavy surf.

    As lifeguards were training to familiarise themselves with the drone equipment as part of the NSW government’s $16 million shark mitigation strategy on Thursday, a call came through of two distressed swimmers.

    Lifeguard supervisor Jai Sheridan, the 2017 NSW Lifeguard of the Year, was piloting the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the time, immediately responded and was able to locate the swimmers within minutes of the initial alert.

    “The Little Ripper UAV certainly proved itself today, it is an amazingly efficient piece of lifesaving equipment and a delight to fly,” Mr Sheridan said.

    “I was able to launch it, fly it to the location, and drop the pod all in about one to two minutes. On a normal day that would have taken our lifeguards a few minutes longer to reach the members of the public.”

    Read Sydney Morning Herald via Engadget

  • This past weekend, Abriella Bredell became the youngest person to complete the 8-kilometre Robben Island Crossing from Robben Island to Big Bay, Cape Town. This morning Abriella joins us on the line from Jeffreys Bay to chat about her history-making swim.

    Youngest Swimmer to complete the Robben Island Crossing, Abriella Bredell

    11-year-old becomes youngest female to swim Robben Island Canal

  • Jet2Holidays is facing legal action from a man after a “15-stone lad” dive-bombed into him as he emerged from a pool slide, leaving him in a neck brace.

    Graham Hyde, 44, from Worcestershire, has launched legal action against the travel firm after he suffered trauma to muscles in his neck and upper back.

    See Coventry Telegraph

    https://youtu.be/c60IK8jpXIw

  • You might not be lucky enough to have somewhere warm and sunny or an open water venue near to where you live. But don’t worry, you could actually replicate a lot of your open water skills in the local pool, meaning you’re nice and confident and ready for race day. We’ve put together some great techniques and drills that you can do that’ll simulate that open water environment that you can do in your next pool session.

    8 Open Water Swimming Skills To Practise In The Pool

  • A 28-year-old freediver narrowly escaped a great white shark attack over the weekend off Australia east coast. The 9.8-foot shark ripped the man’s fin from his foot when he was swimming 16-foot below the surface off the coast of Wollongong on Saturday.

    Callum Stewart thought a seal bumped him from behind, knocking him upward, but later realized he “might be in trouble” as the shark got closer.

    “It did a full 180-degree turn and came back to look at me. That’s probably the point I realised I might be in trouble,” he said. “The most amazing memory I have is looking this thing dead in the eye, and wondering if that was the last thing I’m going to see.”

    Read International Business Times

    Photo by Elias Levy