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.
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RIO OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 (CA-RIO-CA)
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Behold the Octopod mechanical octopus submarine (model)
Definitely something out of my worst nightmares, via Laughing Squid
O.P.U.S. V from Sean Charlesworth on Vimeo.
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Manatee enjoys a shower
Who doesn’t :-)