This is a collection of video clips from 2012 swimming holiday season run by Strel Swimming Adventures, local tour operator. Video clips are used to do video analysis and improve swimming technique in open water.
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Blind toddler inspires others to swim
Colton Meyer has learned to navigate the water with his mom’s help
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CC photo #512: The start of the Rhodes 2007 Island Games triathlon
The start of the men’s triathlon at the Natwest 2007 Island Games in Rhodes, Greece. I was coach of the Faroese triathlon squad back then. The crooked but otherwise really nice outdoor swimming pool can be seen in the background.
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ISHOF induction video and acceptance speech of Gary Hall, Jr
The induction video and acceptance speech of Gary Hall, Jr upon his induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame on May 11, 2013 as an honor swimmer
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CC photo #511: The 2013 SSF General Meeting
Just a photo from the Faroese Swimming Association‘s annual general meeting, in Tórshavn today, Saturday 25th, 2013.
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Park Tae-hwan not on Korea’s 2013 World Champs roster
Read The Chosun IlboThe Korea Swimming Federation has named 19 swimmers to represent the country at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain in July, but Beijing Olympics gold medalist Park Tae-hwan was excluded from the list.
The federation said Park had not trained sufficiently to justify his inclusion.
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TED-Ed Explains Why Fingers Get Pruney When Wet
Via Geekosystem
As far as mysteries of the universe go, “Why do our fingers get pruney when they’re wet?†isn’t exactly the most pressing. It is, however, among the most persistent and just plain weird.
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Behold a naked guy swimming in a Ukranian supermarket’s lobster tank
Not so NSFW as it sounds, as the video quality is quite low. Via guyism
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800-meter swim pool to be built in Japanese canal
Read Gizmag
Plans are afoot to build an 800x12m swimming pool in the Dotonbori Canal in Osaka, Japan, according to a report in the Japan Times on Wednesday.
The scheme is reminiscent of YN Studio’s plan to introduce a commuter swimming lane, dubbed the LidoLine, into London’s Regent’s Canal. The idea is to drop a 12 m (40 ft) wide tank into the canal, and fill it with treated water from the city’s water systems rather than using filtered water from the canal.
