Swimmer's Daily

  • It is a sight few have seen. So Jordan Kirbyson did what any 21st-century man would.  He whipped out the camera gear he happened to have with him and started recording.

    “We see this object in the water,” said Kirbyson. “So I stand up and say, ‘Hey, there’s something in the water.’ Yeah, I thought maybe it could be a deer.”

    Kirbyson and a neighbor, Chris Quinlan, had just finished water skiing on Lake Whatcom Sunday morning; his dad was acting a spotter.

    “So I just flipped around and we slowly approached it,” said Quinlan.

    “And it wasn’t until we got closer,” said Kirbyson, “That we actually saw the cat’s ears.  And we’re like.  It’s a cougar. So it was pretty incredible.”

    See KIRO 7

    https://youtu.be/aSBpgNc1vhQ

  • Kayaker Nick Troutman shares a day of adventures with his son Tucker as they have a memorable day fishing and kayaking on the Ottawa River in Ontario.

  • Professional swimmer by day… computer engineer, DJ, aqua botanist and more by night. Tyler Clary is always on whether he’s training at the pool or working in his fully sustainable greenhouse. How does he manage it all during the most trying time in his training? BUILT WITH CHOCOCLATE MILK and USA Swimming provide a peek into Tyler’s training, post-workout recovery favorites, his interests outside the pool, and how each affects his intense training.

    https://youtu.be/IohQwfaXDpM

  • A short video of my first swim with The Shetland Selkies in Brei Wick, Lerwick. We had a swim out from the Sletts Pier to Hole Rock and back and had a brief visit from real life selkie (seal) near the end of the video.

    https://youtu.be/skLfAnJqASo

  • A well-known youth sports coach in Ceres was arrested after investigators said he was sending inappropriate messages to a child.

  • After months of will he or won’t he,… we now have confirmation that South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan will NOT be boarding a flight to this year’s Olympics in Rio.

    The Korean Olympic Committee says the 2008 400 meter freestyle champion has been ruled out of the games because of his recent doping history.

  • The butterfly is generally regarded as the hardest of the four major swimming strokes to perfect. In that case, it’s difficult to understand how anyone could even attempt to do it backwards. In this video, Norwegian swimmer Eirik Ravnan performs a flawless looking version of the stroke, while facing the wrong way down the pool.

    – Wait for it … towards the end, the video is played backwards

  • The father of the 2-year-old rushed to save his son but wasn’t able to wrestle him free.