From the creative mind of David Brooks and George Giampietri the story of one man’s journey from Britain to Australia to discover the Brighton Icebergers.
An inventive, hilarious and often very wet film that will take you on a tour de force of the pier politics of cold water swimming, the true romance and comedy of the steam room, and the adventures and predicaments of taking on a full winter with just a pair of Speedos and a waterproof camera.
ICEBERGERS from Brooksy Films on Vimeo.
The 2014 Rotto Swim is fast approaching and it is time to show your support to the ICEA Team. With your support we aim to raise $40,000 to fund the 2014 ICEA Waves Program in the Perth Metropolitan Area and inspire a greater understanding of Aboriginal people and culture in the local community.
Click the link below to donate:
hbfrottnestswim2014.everydayhero.com/au/icea-foundation/members
ICEA ROTTO SWIM 2014 from ICEA Foundation on Vimeo.
“As we reported earlier this week the Riverton High School team are being called heroes are saving the lives of 2 people who where in a head collision with an 18 wheeler on saturday. K2’s Michael Sevren spoke with them students… coaches and bus driver who put their lives at risk to save complete strangers.”
Swim team saves lives from Michael Sevren on Vimeo.
“Brent talks about his journey from retiring after the London 2012 Olympics to pursuing his photography.”
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The body of Herman van Straten who went missing during the Midmar Mile swim has been found, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
“At about 16:20 (the body) surfaced about 800m from the starting line,” Captain Lolly Moodley said.
He said the rescue dogs had respond “positively” just before the body was found and pointed in the direction where the body was found.
The 43-year-old man went missing on Saturday after he did not finish the race.
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On March 11, 2011, Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife Yuko to the tsunami. Almost three years later, he remains determined to find her, getting his diving license and planning to scour the Tohoku seaboard for her remains.
“I will find my wife on my own power. I will bring her home,” says Takamatsu, 57, from the nearby town of Onagawa.
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“Derek Amato is one of the world’s only acquired savants after a brain injury left him with the amazing ability to play piano.”
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Exclusive: here are the first pictures of the wonderful, new swimming pool complex in Budapest where the 6. FINA World Junior Swimming Championships (2017) and the 19. FINA World Championships (2021) will be held. The city’s would-be modern architectural icon will stand by the river Danube across Margaret Island. The famous Dagaly bath is next to the new complex so altogether it will be a fantastic swimming centre in the Hungarian capital.
Incredible video via 22 words
In 1961, the first person to ever be killed by the East German police as he attempted to escape was shot as he swam across the Spree, a river along a portion of the erstwhile Berlin wall. Over the years, hundreds of others tried it, too, risking death by drowning if not police. And, though onlookers on the western bank encouraged them, no one was allowed to help escapees until they actually reached the shore.
Almost 30 years later, in 1988, three men and a woman took this life-or-death challenge and a tourist happened to be there filming. It is incredible footage…
http://youtu.be/K7CWajaOx4E
