A bit outdated, but still …
” Five-time Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte is back in the water following a freak injury.
Lochte was training with SwimMAC’s Team Elite at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center Wednesday.”
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Google Glass Deployed During Warms Ups at Day 2 – 2013 Speedo Junior Nationals
“Thanks to Kelly McCommons @kellyjamestv”
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The Longest Swim – Ben Lecomte Conquering the Pacific
“Ben Lecomte will conquer the Pacific Ocean, swimming from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, U.S.A., in the summer of 2014. Ben set the record for the first man to swim the Atlantic in 1998.”
http://youtu.be/afdMbxgX9q4
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NARCOSE – Official trailer
‘The narcosis is the set of phenomena that affect the nervous system of the plunger, entailing disorders of perception.’
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Speedo Advisors | How swimming can help to ease lower back pain by Matt Taylor
“Ask a question to our Speedo Advisors here”
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Ryan Cochrane tells Craigflower students about ‘physical literacy’
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Students at Craigflower Elementary School heard about “physical literacy†on Monday from an expert source — two-time Olympic swimmer Ryan Cochrane.
“It’s about playing with friends, it’s about finding what you like,†said the 25-year-old Victoria resident. “Maybe it’s not swimming. Maybe it’s running. Maybe it’s trying a new thing you never tried before.â€
Image courtesy of JD Lasica, CC BY-NC 2.0
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Some Competitors Say Freediving Needs A Safety Sea Change
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Free-divers, who take a breath, swim as deep into the ocean as possible and then come back up, come to Dahab from across the world to compete. But a diver’s death in November has raised questions about the safety of the sport, with some divers saying too little has been done to cut down on overly ambitious competitors and common injuries.
At a recent competition in Dahab — the first since diver Nick Mevoli died in the Bahamas — a dozen competitors had strung their yellow buoys out in a row across the blue hole. Each buoy had a weighted rope attached, which the divers followed down into the blue abyss.
One … two … then three minutes would go by. And then, a diver would come back up with a tag that proved he had reached the bottom.
But not all the scheduled divers competed that day. Maxim Iskander, a Canadian-Egyptian free-diver, withdrew from competition because of an injury known as a lung squeeze.
“How did I know? I spit a little bit of blood,” Iskander says. “Not that much, but enough to tell you, OK, something happened.”
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Swimmer catches 18-pound lobster under Huntington Beach pier
“I’ve been doing this for about seven or eight years, but always out at Dana Point or Long Beach – never around the pier,†said the 27-year-old, whose father, Mike Ali, owns Zack’s.
With his LED flashlight guiding him, Ali scrounged around the pier pilings, diving to about 16 feet deep when he spotted the “bug.â€
Ali said he was going after a smaller lobster when he noticed the super-sized version hiding in the structure left behind by one of the old piers.
After resurfacing to catch his breath, he dove down to the same location, stuck half his body in the hole, and grabbed the lobster from behind.
Quickly, a battle of who was holding onto whom ensued. Ali said the lobster kicked backwards, latching onto his mask and face.
“There was no way my hand could wrap around his back to grab him, but luckily he latched onto me,†Ali said.
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Bears go for a swim in North Naples pool
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A North Naples homeowner watched from behind her sliding glass door as a family of bears leisurely took a dip in her swimming pool last weekend.
“Two bears in my balcony! They’re trying to get in my house. I’m so scared!” North Naples resident TJ Ozbay told a Collier County 911 dispatcher. “Oh my God, there are three bears now!”
Ozbay called 911 last weekend when she stumbled upon those bears swimming in her pool. Her home is on Cherry Wood Drive.
“They’re coming inside. I said oh my God. I closed all the curtains, everything,” Ozbay said.
That’s when she pulled out her iPhone and recorded it all.