This video demonstrates some of the skills required to be top ranked Los Angeles City Lifeguard. Wild.
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Steven Tyler moons camera and takes a swim on ‘American Idol’
Geez, I fear that that phrase “I’m coming mom” will be used and misused a lot around here from now on :-)
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Thorpe wins the Zurich International 400 free in 3:59.48
Read SwimmingWorld Magazine:
In his return to longer distance competition, Ian Thorpe won the men’s 400 free in 3:59.48. That swim is well behind the top-ranked times in the world as Ryan Napoleon currently owns 20th this year with a 3:52.43. Thorpe also finished fourth earlier in the day with a 52.28 in the men’s 100 free.
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CC photo #57: The Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool
The original Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, here used as warmup pool at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships. Designed by Hajós Alfréd himself, Olympic champion from the very first Games in Athens 1896.
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CC photo #56: Brunei Swimming at Roma 2009
A Brunei Swimming coach at the Roma 2009 World Aquatics Championships. That gesture is universal :-)
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Puffer fish chasing a laser pointer
Important stuff, via Geekologie
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Thorpe to try out the 400 freestyle this weekend
Ian Thorpe will make a surprise return to his former signature event, the 400m freestyle, in his final hit-out before next month’s Olympic trials. “The 400m is more about experimenting with his racing, not so much about what he would be intending to do at trials,” says Australian head coach Leigh Nugent. Read The Herald Sun
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Mumbai’s Floating Balcony Pools
Architect James Law designed this skyscraping residential complex called Aquaria Grande for real estate company Wadhwa Group in Mumbai, India, including a series of beautiful but I’m sure also vertigo-inducing swimming pools extending at the edge of each apartment’s balcony. They are actually building the thing, see thewadhwagroup.com. Via mymodernmet.com.
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Golden Gate Bridge Open Water Swim with a GoPro
Footage from a Golden Gate Bridge Swim in October 2011, swimming with a GoPro attached to the swimmer’s back.