Swimmer's Daily

  • A Florida man was able to free a tangled juvenile nurse shark he spotted struggling during a freediving trip on Wednesday, and the whole thing was caught on video.

    Szilard Janko, an underwater photographer from Hallandale Beach, said the hook pierced the shark’s mouth and the attached line was wrapped around the reef near Anglin’s Fishing Pier in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Before Janko and his friend Julia Sheffer came along the shark was tethered inside a hole.

    The freediver swam down and retrieved the shark from the space then carefully removed the hooks from its lip while Sheffer recorded.

    See Orlando Sentinel

  • Varro’s commercial shoot concept for Katrinelund Gästgiveri & Sjökrog was quite fitting, as the restaurant directly translates to “lake restaurant.” The motto for this concept was to convey: “You can’t get any closer to nature and fine dining than Sjökrogen.” Varro shared that the image was composed of 4 models, 20 separate images, and over 170 layer adjustments to create the final product to give the viewer a unique feel of Sjökrogen.

    See Fstoppers

  • A fun party goes awry when a rambunctious teen lets one rip in the pool.

    See also Pool Fart! – Behind the Scenes

  • The movie tells us about the Russian surfers riding in the severe conditions of The Far North. Only few ones have tried surfing at this latitude, even fewer have tried it in Russia. The movie’s been shot during one year at different locations in the Murmansk region. The camera crew has filmed different seasons, conditions and moods of those sites. Having overcome all of the difficulties and having been inspired by the northern spirits, our heroes share their impressions about the places they’ve visited, the past of our country and their childhood.

  • Former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies is urging humans and pets to be vigilant against ticks and flea bites.

    She made the plea at the Devon County Show,

    In the video, Sharron and the Tickbuster team of experts tell you how you can keep your entire family, even if you’re a pet owner or not, happy and healthy in the great outdoors.

    Sharron Davies urging you to make sure your animals are in tip top shape before the summer kicks in and also how help to keep your family safe from parasites.

    See Mid Devon Star

  • “She’s a mystery,” says Dave Marsh, coach of the U.S. Olympic women’s team. “I’ve experienced the passion and depth with which Katie trains and races. I’ve gone back and tried to figure out what causes it, because she doesn’t fit the model. She has a wonderful family, has everything, really, that she wants; she’s a beautiful person with seemingly no dark sides. But she has this energy stirring in her, not just at meets but at practice.

    “What is she pursuing? Her personal best, but she’s doing it with fury. Where’s the fury coming from? We don’t know, but the stove is running hot.”

    Read Sports Illustrated

  • A former Stanford athlete’s light sentencing Thursday following his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman as she lay unconscious behind a dumpster has set the internet alight with fury.

    The judge justified the ruling by saying, “a prison sentence would have a severe impact on him.”

    Judge Aaron Pesky cited Brock Allen Turner’s age — 20 — and lack of criminal record when handing down the sentence. Turner was convicted of three counts of sexual assault in March, after he was discovered “thrusting” on top of an unconscious woman outside of a frat party in January 2015. Turner and the woman were discovered by two passing cyclists, who held him until the police arrived.

    Turner’s victim, now 23, spoke to the court — and her attacker — in a long, passionate plea for sentencing that would set an example on how sexual assaults on U.S. campuses are handled.

    “He has done irreversible damage to me and my family during the trial and we have sat silently, listening to him shape the evening. But in the end, his unsupported statements and his attorney’s twisted logic fooled no one. The truth won, the truth spoke for itself,” she read (see her full statement, provided by the Palo Alto District Attorney).

    “This is not a story of another drunk college hook­up with poor decision making. Assault is not an accident.”

    Read Mashable

    https://youtu.be/KNv-etrik7M

    https://youtu.be/uK7k1YS6DVc

  • The owl loves the dog so he goes where the dog goes! Watch him hitch a ride as they enjoy a nice swim in the water. This is definitely one of the most unique friendships we’ve ever seen!

  • FreeDom is what we feel underwater, but also is FREEdiving in DOMinican Republic. Place where I filmed this movie and make one of the most memorable thing in my life. I was freedive through the 100 meters underwater caves of karst lakes Dudu.