Spain’s Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa on the lane ropes after clocking a new world record of 4:25.06 in the women’s 400 IM final at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships. Also seen on the photo are Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto in blue cap and Italy’s Alessia Filippi facing this way, and I guess Great Britain’s Hannah Miley facing the other way, see result list here.
An amazing compilation of HD video clips shot by PADI Instructor Drew Roberts at Utila Dive Centre
Kill only time · Take only memories · Leave only bubbles
“It was about an hour’s sail south of Capetown, cutting through the water on Mike’s 110-foot sailboat Pangaea, when “it†appeared. At first, on the horizon, we noticed what appeared to be a giant ball of bait fish. The water boiled for literally a mile in every direction…only as it approached at the speed of a swift wave did we see first a nose, then another, then a dorsal fin and then a thousand of them, then more. Only then did we realize we were experiencing the rare “superpod†of dolphins. Not dozens, not hundreds, but thousands of them — so thick you could have walked across their backs had they been game for it.” Read Chase Jarvis’s blog via Neatorama
Dillard’s offers its customers a brand new sustainable swimwear line called ECO SWIM by AQUA GREEN. Together they co-hosted beach cleanups to not only talk the talk, but walk the walk. Awesome!
Dillards & ECO SWIM Make a Difference from ECO SWIM by AQUA GREEN on Vimeo.
Place your bets, via Monsters & Critics
When University of Cape Town researchers lowered a specially-designed “baited†camera into False Bay to film life underwater, they had not reckoned on the wiliness of the bay’s octopuses. Not only did one manage to open the bait canister and eat its fill of the pilchards inside, but some of its mates made off with bits of equipment.
UCT research assistant Lauren de Vos said yesterday: “We were flummoxed by how clever they are, smart enough to unclip the bait canister which is not easy, and we’ve had several pieces of equipment stolen. We’ve got it all on film.â€
Read more here on Cape Times and visit Save our Seas
Testing, testing … 1,2,3! from Lauren De Vos on Vimeo.
“Apple Maps might drive you off the road and into the ocean, but Google Maps just launched “Underwater Street View”, in case you’d like to see the sights but stay dry.”
“Footage from the US State Department documentary showing the visit of the US Swimming and Diving team to Shanghai, PRC in 1973”
