As the world’s largest open water swim, the HBF Rottnest Channel Swim is a truly iconic Australian event. Starting against the backdrop of stunning Cottesloe beach at dawn, swimmers make the 19.7km crossing to Rottnest Island. For more HBF events visit: http://www.hbf.com.au/living-well/events/events-calendar
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About 1000 Sydney Skinny swimmers strip off for better body image and a world record
Read for instance Perth Now (but of course, NSFW alert)
About 1000 swimmers bared all at Cobblers Beach on Sunday morning for the Sydney Skinny, setting a new world record for the largest nude ocean swim.
“This event is easily misunderstood. It’s not just about running around naked.”
In its second year, the event attracted young and old including a man in a wheelchair who was assisted by his carer and two women survivors of mastectomies.
Event creator Nigel Marsh said the event aims to promote a positive body image and was summed up by “unbelievably happy looks†on the faces of the two women who spotted each other out of the crowd of nude bathers and embraced.
Mr Marsh said the community swim was a chance to “be utterly authentic and stick two fingers up at all those ludicrous, airbrushed images of bodily perfection in the magazinesâ€.
See also www.thesydneyskinny.com.au
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Broken Arrow swim coach arrested on suspicion of selling drugs
See FOX23 and Tulsa WorldBAPD told FOX23 they arrested Kameron Killam and his friend Ryan Johnson for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute to a minor.
Our FOX23 team went to Broken Arrow to find out more on the school’s response to the coach’s arrest.
This park is where police say a Broken Arrow public school assistant swim coach and his friend were attempting to deal drugs to a teenage girl early Sunday morning.
Sunday night, we found out from Broken Arrow public school that Killam has been fired.
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15 South African Swimmers To Attempt Extreme “Swim For Hope”
Press release from Swim For Hope / Little Fighters Cancer Trust
Fifteen swimmers from all walks of life go on standby on the 1st of March for one of the most extreme open water swimming challenges in South African waters, in support of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust, a local charity that offers support to children with cancer and their families. The group will attempt the 8km rounding of Cape Point, stretching from Diaz Beach on the western side of Cape Point with its notoriously turbulent waters, to Buffels Bay on the Eastern side, taking swimmers through the point where the two oceans (Atlantic and Indian) meet.
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Grant Hackett under fire for losing his child at Crown Casino, explains
See The Morning Show
Grant Hackett is under fire for losing his child in the early hours of the morning at Crown Casino.
See also SunriseOn7
http://youtu.be/rguTdms0XqM
Here is his explanation
http://youtu.be/va_tZQia4TU
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Behold Penn State Men’s Swimming THON 2014 Pep Rally Dance
See gopsusports.com
Watch several members of the Nittany Lion men’s swimming and diving team show off their dance moves at the THON 2014 Pep Rally. The Lions took home the crown as the champion for the second-straight year.
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Norfolk swim program improves grades and abilities
See WAVY
Swimming lessons are turning around low academic scores at one Norfolk school. The lessons are part of a new program started by the Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authority.
The program gives students from Tidewater Park Elementary free swimming lessons before school at the Southside Aquatics Center in Norfolk. NRHA started the program to teach the students a new skill, and hopefully turn their low academic scores around.
“It’s a great partnership between Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authoring, Norfolk Public Schools, and the City of Norfolk,†said Lucy Major, Resource Development Administrator with NRHA. “Everyone is kind of buying into the program. It’s amazing.â€
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Swim Time Rockstar Edition
We Built This City !
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Local swim team ‘dives’ for food donations
See WHAS11
The Lakeside Seahawks swim team has joined forces with a local charity to make a difference in the community.
Inside the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center, there’s much more to the average swim meet.
Young swimmers are groomed to become champions.
“I already swam the 200 free and the 200 fly. I still have the 100 breast stroke and the 50 free,†swimmer Olivia Luzzio said.
They’re not just becoming champions in the pool but champions in the community. The swim team is collecting food for the Dare to Care Food Bank.
http://youtu.be/w2PAB6anQq4