http://youtu.be/q9u413PE8XM
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Bone chilling cold grips Russia, Ukraine
“In Russia, when temperatures drop to minus 20 degrees Celcius, its time for a swim.
Winter swimmers here have been enjoying their hobby for years, saying a dip in the cold water keeps them invigorated and full of energy.
This woman says she prefers to swim when it’s really cold outside… when it’s too warm, she says, the cold water burns.
In snow covered parts of the Ukraine, winter swimmers bob up and down in freezing water. And some top it off with a roll in the snow.
But if freezing water isn’t your cup of tea, there are more conventional winter sports to be enjoyed.”
Bone chilling cold grips Russia, Ukraine by reutersSee a variation of this story here
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Santa swims with sardines in South Korea
Santa has put on a special performance at a South Korean aquarium, dancing underwater with a school of sardines. Report by Johnstons.
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Bone chilling cold grips Russia, Ukraine
“In Russia, when temperatures drop to minus 20 degrees Celcius, its time for a swim.
Winter swimmers here have been enjoying their hobby for years, saying a dip in the cold water keeps them invigorated and full of energy.
This woman says she prefers to swim when it’s really cold outside… when it’s too warm, she says, the cold water burns.
In snow covered parts of the Ukraine, winter swimmers bob up and down in freezing water. And some top it off with a roll in the snow.
But if freezing water isn’t your cup of tea, there are more conventional winter sports to be enjoyed.”
Bone chilling cold grips Russia, Ukraine by reutersSee a variation of this story here
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Bain de Noël à Hossegor 2012-12-23
Santa(s) on a matching red jetski. Awesome!
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CC photo #364: Pernille Blume getting a big hug from Jeanette Ottesen at Istanbul 2012
So this is after the women’s 4×100 medley race at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. The Danish ladies won the event, Pernille Blume swam the last 100 meter freestyle and Jeanette Ottesen was there to greet her after the race. See the result list here.
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2012 Olympic Gold medalist Nathan Adrian at “Rock The Red Kettle” concert with SBTN TV
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Standoff evacuates highschool swim meet
Nagara County Sheriff’s Office responded to a mental health call in the Town of Lockport Friday night.
According to a woman, her 33-year-old husband, who had access to several firearms, made threats to harm himself.
Due to the incident being so close to the Lockport Highschool that happened to be hosting a swim meet, the building had to be evacuated.
Read wivb.com (with video)
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Stricken Sidmouth Boxing Day swimmers thank rescuers
A stricken swimmer has praised rescuers who pulled him from choppy seas as he battled to save his niece during Sidmouth’s traditional Boxing Day dip.
Barry Curwen, 53, described how a “freak†tide pulled him and his young relative 100 feet across the beach and swept them onto rocks.
Read more here on the Sidmouth Herald
(Video from last year’s Sidmouth Boxing Day Swim)