Last Sunday night, a powerful wave capsized Zack Romanak’s boat off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Romanak, his 10-year-old son Noah, and Brad Warren, a tourist from California they had met earlier that day, clung to the boat for nearly four hours in dark waters. The impact of the wave had snapped Warren’s femur in three places and broke his prosthetic hip, according to local news site The Garden Island.
Warren was beginning to question if he’d make it, when Noah heard something in the distance. He told the men to listen.
It was music coming from a party in the harbor; the song “Don’t Stop Believin’” by the ’80s band Journey blared from the speakers. Warren said as he listened, he saw a star shoot through the sky.
“I saw that shooting star,” Warren told KITV4 News, “and I heard Journey’s song … I felt hat was the Lord saying, ‘You’re gonna be fine.’”
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Atlanta woman embraces competitive swimming at 97
At Atlanta’s Washington Park Pool, Anne Dunivin slowly and gingerly makes her way into the water. She says, “My girls get me to the pool, twice a week. And I swim for at least half a mile. I swim laps, from that end to this end and then back.”
Anne’s love-affair with the water started a long time ago.
Born in 1916, just at the tail end of World War I, she grew up during the Great Depression.
They had no money, no one did. But, at the Grant Park pool, Anne discovered kids under 12 could swim for free before noon. So, by six, she was in the water, almost every day but then she grew up, and life got in the way.
Dunivin says, “When I married and had three children, and a husband, and a house, to look after, you don’t just say, ‘Oh, I think I’ll go swim.’”
That would come much later. After the kids were grown and Anne lost her husband, Anne found her way back to the water. She says, “Well, hey, I noticed that older people are swimming!”
Not just swimming, competing. Dunivin says, “I was interested!”
So, at the tender age of 93, Anne joined U.S. Master’s Swimming. She says, “I like doing it, I like being competitive.”
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Great Scottish Swim 2014
World class athletes, around 2,500 amateur swimmers, and a huge number of supporters and spectators, were part of Scotland’s biggest ever open water swimming event, the Great Scottish Swim.
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FINA videos of Katinka Hosszu’s 200 and 400 IM SC World Records at the Doha 2014 World Cup leg
Courtesy of FINA on YouTube, thumbs up from here!
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Stingray jumps onto ramp for food
A hungry stingray jumps out of the water and onto a man-made ramp, providing these tourists an incredible up-close experience during a trip to Maldives.
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Stephanie Rice – My Balcony Blitz
I’ve created this easy workout that you can do anywhere, anytime. It’s great for toning the legs and butt and I recommend trying it once and then repeating the whole set right through once or twice if your ability allows.
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‘The Swimmer’ gets deluxe DVD treatment
The Frank and Eleanor Perry film version of the John Cheever story “The Swimmer†was a resounding flop in 1968, but over the years it has acquired a cult following.
The movie has always been of particular interest in Connecticut because the Perrys and star Burt Lancaster spent the summer of 1966 filming in and around Westport. […]
“The Swimmer†spent so much time in post-production that the original 1967 release date was scrapped and it limped into release during the summer of 1968.
The complex story of the making of “The Swimmer†is told on the Grindhouse DVD that was released a few months ago. The extras are of Criterion Collection quality, including a two-hour “making of†documentary that is unusually detailed.
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Swim Speed Strokes: Laura Sogar’s Favorite Breaststroke Drill: Breast Arms, Flutter Kick
Swim Speed Strokes is a new swimming technique book by swimming coach and 4-time Olympian Sheila Taormina. Her book Swim Speed Strokes reveals the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly technique of elite swimmers. Master elite technique in all four swimming strokes. Learn more at swimspeedsecrets.com.
Courtesy of VeloPress on YouTube
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Kosuke Hagino: I’m trying to become like Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps was the world’s greatest swimmer for much of this century. Ryan Lochte, too, has held that crown. There is little doubt that the title now belongs to Japan’s Kosuke Hagino.
And Hagino, who just turned 20 and is short of 6 feet, has his sights set pretty high.
“Michael Phelps is my role model, and I’m trying to become like him,†Hagino told Agence France-Presse after winning the 200m freestyle at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sunday. “I want to catch up with Phelps someday. But I have to put up the results, and this is a big step. First I will try to win as many medals as I can at these Games.â€
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