The folks over at Contour have a brand new waterproof, wearable, FOV camera coming to market. It’s the CountourROAM2, and it’s designed as an entry level alternative to the Countour+2. At $199, this matches the price of similar products and offers a few things that some don’t, including an instant-on record switch – you don’t have to boot the camera up, just hit the switch and begin recording. See Steve’s Digicams
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Night Freediving For Lobsters – Caught the Daily Limit!
“It was one of the best water conditions in awhile. The water was very warm, calm, and clear at depth. Hide, Hilow and I came to another spot today to check out for lobsters. When we started looking for them, we knew this was it!”
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Hot, Wet, Mermaid Trina Mason: “I Am an Aquaphile”
Just had to share that title off New Times, eh ?
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GoPro’s New, Small, Underwater Wi-Fi Camera
At a media preview inside a San Francisco aquarium, camera-maker GoPro unveiled its new “Hero3,” a smaller, lighter camera with better low-light performance, higher resolution, Wi-Fi, remote control and the ability to go deep under water.
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Russia to introduce new national coach by December 1
Russia announced Wednesday it will appoint a new national swimming coach by December 1 as the country looks to improve upon its dour performance in international competition. A wealth of foreign candidates are being considered for the vacancy, which came up when Andrei Vorontsov’s deal expired on September 30. Read RIA Novosti
His replacement, said Russian Swimming Federation president Vladimir Salnikov, must be “a fusion of an organizer and a person who has exemplary knowledge and see the trends in the world’s swimming.”
(Vorontsov and Artemyeva raising the Szczecin 2011 trophy)
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CC photo #294: Berlin ready for the FINA 2012 World Cup
The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE) ready for the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Berlin, Germany. It will be live streamed and everything, see for instance swimmersdaily.com/live
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CC photo #293: That feeling (2)
Two of my four kids enjoying the hot Mediterranean waters of Mallorca, back in 2010.
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Catch the Ice Dude
Warning, the few words that are not in German, are mostly F-bombs
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Wildeboer now Danish NTC coach, national coach to be named later
As mentioned in May, the Danish Swimming Federation made a new 4-year contract with national coach Paulus Wildeboer, to (on his request) be ‘only’ head coach of the National Training Center (NTC), while another person would be appointed national head coach. Yesterday, the Danish Swimming Federation announced that until there is a solution to the national head coach challenge, that position will be handled by director Pia Holmen Christensen and newly appointed sports director Mikkel von Seelen.
The Danish NTC team is listed as follows:
- Lotte Friis, Sigma Swim Allerød, will start training in Nice, France, this autumn
- Jeanette Ottesen, Kvik Kastrup
- Pernille Blume, Sigma Swim Birkerød, will start training in Nice, France, this autumn
- Rikke Møller Pedersen, Frem Odense
- Kelly Riber Rasmussen, Lyngby Svømmeklub
- Julie Aglund Lauridsen, Sigma Swim Allerød
- Sarah Bro, Sigma Swim Allerød
- Katrine Holm Sørensen, Esbjerg Svømmeklub
- Martin Mathiesen, Hillerød Svømmeklub
- Pál Joensen, Aalborg Svømmeklub / Faroe Islands