Featuring Chad Le Clos, Alexander Popov, Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin and others, via SCAQ Blog
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Man tries to dive through rubber ring
Seems a little tight, you’ll have to watch the video to see if he makes it :-)
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Humpback whale breaches just feet away from boat
Wow, apparently (and thankfully?) it was just a playful calf leaping out of the water 10-30 feet away from two boats near Tofino, British Columbia, Matthew Thornton capturing this most awesome photo on the other boat, video below captured with an iPhone.
Via PetaPixel
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A bit of fun with my GoPro and a fishing rod
Me and Bartal went fishing with the boys Friday evening, but had trouble catching anything but a fyke full with seaweed. So we put the fishing rod to other use :-)
Btw, ‘Heljareygað’ is what we call that hole, directly translated “Hell’s eye”. Gotta love the Nordic language, eh?
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Evening Swim
A short film done in partnership with swimwear company So De Mel, shot with Canon 5D’s and a Go Pro over one evening.
Evening Swim from Seth Epstein on Vimeo.
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The River People
“Strange creatures live in Florida’s spring-fed rivers. Some people call them mermaids and mermen, I call them The River People.”
The River People from Chris Rish on Vimeo.
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‘Swim Your Own Race’ Wins NPR’s Poetry Games
As athletes have sprinted and soared their way to bronze, silver and gold in London, Morning Edition has celebrated the Olympics with the Poetry Games. With thousands of listeners voting online, Mbali Vilakazi from South Africa won for her poem “Swim Your Own Race“, inspired by fellow South African Natalie du Toit, making history as the first woman amputee to qualify for the Olympics. Read NPR
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World’s best swimmers are ‘poor unless they hit gold’
According to Evan Morgenstein, the PMG Sports agent who represents gold-medalist swimmers Tyler Clary and Cullen Jones, the Olympics makes athletes “indentured servants.” Read E Online
In fact, he tells me, we’re talking “less than $3,100 a month for the best swimmers in the world,” before or even after the Games are over.
“They’re poor unless they hit gold,” Morgenstein explains. “But even if they do, it’s no guarantee of riches and fame, what with 30-plus gold medalists in the U.S. alone. You need a story, looks and an opportunity to break through.” -
Hangzhou, the cradle of Chinese swimming champions Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen
Every summer, Chen Jinglun Sports School in Hangzhou is flooded with children whose parents hope they’ll join China’s next generation of swimming champions, the city planning even more swimming centers now with the success in London. This video off cncworld.tv probably quite biased countered by for instance this video off 3news.co.nz, where a kid is quoted for saying “compared with the Olympic gold medalists I have a long way to go. They train all the time, non-stop, every day. I only train in the morning and the afternoon”. Or you could go tabloid and see a little girl crying because of her coach stepping on her legs. According to China Daily, Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau is going to add bronze statues of Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen to the 4 already standing outside the Hangzhou Stadium, of Lou Yun (gymnast), Luo Xuejuan (swimmer), Wu Xiaoxuan (shooter) and Zheng Xiongying (volleyball player).
(Video pushed below the break, since it autoplays)