Annual January 1st Polar Bear Swim at Charles Mill Lake near Mansfield, Ohio. First time for my wife and son.
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Seal spotted swimming in flooded British field 50 miles inland
In an amateur video viewed on YouTube more than 12,000 times, a seal is spotted clambering over flood defences at Fen Drayton lakes in Cambridgeshire. The reserve is more that 50 miles from the coast at Kings Lynn in Norfolk, where the seal is thought to have entered the river Great Ouse. read The Guardian
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Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia – Lonely Planet travel video
One can always dream :-)
http://youtu.be/uIFtlKCZ-dk
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CC photo #368: Istanbul 2012 (miniature mode photo)
Just a photo from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, me playing with the ‘miniature mode’ camera setting. By the way, interesting how Kazan 2015 was more visible at the meet, than Barcelona 2013.
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Polar Bear Plunge Coney Island
Hundreds of hardy swimmers rang in 2013 with a plunge into the icy sea off Brooklyn’s Coney Island, an area struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy.
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Skanda Vale Hospice Christmas Sea Swim Training
“On Boxing Day, 26th December, not one, but TEN members of Skanda Vale Community will be swimming in the icy waters of the IRISH SEA, to help raise money for a new in-care patient unit at Skanda Vale Hospice.”
Also, awesome Schnappi soundtrack :-)
Skanda Vale Hospice Christmas Sea Swim Training from Skanda Vale on Vimeo.
Part 2 – Most scary children’s story *ever*
Skanda Vale Hospice Christmas Sea Swim training PART2! from Skanda Vale on Vimeo.
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Club Swim Indiegogo Promo
An interesting fundraiser here on Indiegogo, to support Club Swim, a mockumentary miniseries about an undervalued assistant swim coach and his team of misfit swimmers, the Flounders. They’ve already reached $1,235 of their $999, but probably don’t mind a bit more. See clubswim.com
Club Swim Indiegogo Promo from Club Swim on Vimeo.
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Thousands Of Swimmers Mark 2013 With New Year Plunge
Tens of thousands of brave swimmers have been celebrating the start of 2013 with a new year plunge into near freezing waters across Europe.
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The Swimming Coach Who Changed Lives
South African swimming coach Sthembiso Madiya kept his township pool open through years of violence and influenced a generation of local youngsters. He’s joined on Outlook by one of the boys he taught, lifeguard-turned-actor Sihle Xaba; and film-maker Sara Blecher, who used Sthembiso’s story as the starting point for her award-winning film Otelo Burning. Listen on BBC
(Embedded BBC Player moved below the break, since it autoplays)
Here is the official Otelo Burning trailer