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  • Freediving With Scooters – Sharm el Sheikh

    Feb 12, 2014

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    rokur
    in Freediving, Nature, Wow

    A quick GoPro clip of myself and Linda Pagenelli playing around with scooters in Domina Bay, Sharm el Sheikh.

    Freediving With Scooters – Sharm el Sheikh from Jacques de Vos on Vimeo.

  • Camera falls from airplane and lands in pig pen

    Feb 12, 2014

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    rokur
    in Fun, Technology, Wow

    Not swimming relevant per se, but wow these action cams are tough!

    Camera falls from a sky diving airplane and lands on my property in my pig pen.
    I found the camera 8 months later and viewed this video.

  • Lenny Krayzelburg Swim Academy Promo

    Feb 12, 2014

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    “The Lenny Krayzelburg Swim Academy offers a learn to swim program for children of all ages. Started in 2005 by 4 time Olympic Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, “our core purpose is to teach and inspire children to be water safe”. Since our inception we have taught thousands of kids’ water safety and the importance of knowing how to swim.”

    Lenny Crayzelburg Swim Academy Promo from JCC Dallas on Vimeo.

  • A Day In The Life of Brittany Elmslie

    Feb 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Training

    “Brittany Elmslie is a 19-year-old Australian swimmer who won a gold and two silver medals in relays at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Like most swimmers she works hard. Really hard. This video looks at the day in the life of a swimmer aiming to be the world’s best.”

  • 5-Time Olympic Medalist Josh Davis & his 3 Secrets to Success

    Feb 11, 2014

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    by

    rokur
    in Organization

    This video was created to inspire and encourage young students in their fundraising efforts for their new school playground. All the best in your Eaglethon!

  • Prosecutor: East Detroit swim instructor changed clothes rather than save drowning boy

    Feb 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Safety, WTF

    Read Detroit Free Press

    The swimming instructor in charge of the class where an East Detroit High School student drowned last year opted to change into his swimming clothes rather than jump into the pool when he learned that a boy was struggling in the water, according to Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith.

    The instructor also was not certified as a swim teacher and was in the bleachers — not in the pool where he should have been — when students in the remedial swimming class ran to tell him that 14-year-old KeAir Swift was in trouble, Smith said. When the instructor went to check on the boy, KeAir was already at the bottom of the pool, but instead of taking action, the instructor left to get changed.

  • Hope fades for swimmer still missing after the Midmar Mile event

    Feb 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Open Water, Safety

    Read for instance Times Live and iol

    The loved ones of missing Midmar Mile swimmer, Herman “Thabo” van Straten, are struggling to come to terms with his disappearance during the race at the weekend.

    “It doesn’t feel real,” his fiancée, Shené Jones, told The Mercury on Monday. “I’m trying to make myself believe that he’s in a hospital somewhere.”

    According to sport24, a police dog appears to have identified the general area where the 43-year-old businessman went missing on Saturday.

    Udain led the police to an area near the finish line at around 16:00 on Monday.

    The dog uses its sense of smell to pick up gases released by bodies underwater. It then swims in a circle to mark the area for divers to search.

    According to City Presse, Van Straten’s fiancée is upset with how the organisers handled the situation on Saturday.

    Shane Jones said she was “pushed around from pillar to post” when trying to report that Van Straten was missing.

    According to for instance Times Live, her sister took to Twitter on Sunday to dispute reports that the organisers were concerned by the fate of her sister’s fiancée.

    “It’s disgusting u have a swimmer missing & done nothing to locate him. Not one rep from u have come to update the family. [sic]”

    According to The Citizen, police said yesterday that the search for Van Straten would be called off today, if he was not found.

  • Swimming with Sea Turtles at Akumal

    Feb 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Read Yucatán For 91 Days

    Floating on our bellies in the waters of Akumal Bay, while massive turtles grazed on the sea grass just a couple meters below us, was an experience so unique, so moving, that it instantly joined the ranks of my favorite memories of all time.

  • Behold a Chihuahua swimming, Labrador coaching

    Feb 11, 2014

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

    Not the most graceful of swimmers, but he gets there

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