Behold Anne Forsell’s almost free swim resistance parachute solution, demonstrated by René Thomsen and a swimmer at Berns. You tie a string to a plastic bag and a belt, and presto, a chute for instance for when on a training camp. If it is good enough for Stefan Nystrand, it is good enough for you ! :-)
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GoPro Movie
Nice footage from this summer, two girls having fun in and around water.
Gopro Movie from Lauren on Vimeo.
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African Swimming Championships Kick Off in Kasarani
“Kenyan swimmers registered mixed results on the 1st day of the African Senior Swimming Championships at the Moi Sports Center Kasarani, with South African swimmers dominating most of the events. Jason Dunford won silver and bronze in the men’s 50 meter backstroke and 200 meter freestyle respectively. However Emily Muteti and Martha Opiyo failed to spackle in the women’s 400 meter individual medley.”
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Time for the Piombino 2012 Open Water Europeans
Tomorrow morning at 10:00 CET, the 2012 European Open Water Swimming Championships will start in Piombino, Italy, with the men’s 10K and then the women’s 10K at 13:30 CET. See the official schedule here and the start lists here, featuring among others the London 2012 Olympic silver medalist Thomas Lurz, and our guy Pál Joensen, Pál sort of as part of his holidays. RaiSport 1 will be broadcasting the event, official internet broadcast unfortunately regionally restricted. See also LEN’s more detailed press release.
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CC photo #256: Eyleifur Jóhanneson speaking at the Aqua Clinic 2012
The Icelandic coach of Danish swim talent Mie Østergaard Nielsen speaking at the Aqua Clinic 2012, as their 2011 Junior Coach of the Year. He won again this year :-)
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Fisherman survives 26 hours adrift in a 4-by-4 foot fishing crate
19-year-old Ryan Harris spent a night adrift in a 1-meter by 1-meter plastic fish bin after his boat was hit by big waves and overturned off the coast of Alaska, keeping his spirit up by singing “Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”. His fellow crewmember Stonie “Mac” Huffman managed to get into a survival suit and washed ashore on a beach after 24 hours, using a plastic bin lid for additional flotation. Rescue says it is a miracle they survived, Harris that he kept repeating for four hours: “I’m Ryan Hunter Harris and I’m not going to die here.” Read for instance The Vancouver Sun and The Daily Sitka Sentinel -
Crab Fishing Off The Shores Of North Vancouver (VIDEO)
If you’ve wondered what a crab trap looks like underwater, wonder no more. Vancouver videographer and journalist James Keller put a waterproof camera in a crab trap and dumped it into the waters off North Vancouver. The camera is a GoPro, and I now have a project for this weekend, see Huffington Post
Underwater fishing from James Keller on Vimeo.
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GATORS 2012
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UNDERWATER
“We created this project to experiment underwater shooting techniques within fashion film’s visual language.” Nice.
UNDERWATER from Believe on Vimeo.