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Waves – A portrait of Maria Ã¡ Heygum

Aug 25, 2011

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rokur

in Health, Nature, Open Water

A beautiful short film here by Faroese film maker HeiÃ°rikur Ã¡ Heygum, about his grandmother Maria Ã¡ Heygum. Nicknamed “the swimming granny”, she had been swimming in the ocean out of Vestmanna for 48 years, when this movie was produced. Imagine, every day in 7Â°C warm water (44.6Â°F), no matter the weather, no matter the waves. Enjoying it :-)

Waves – A Portrait of Maria Ã¡ Heygum from Heidrik Ã¡ Heygum on Vimeo.

Here is a segment from Faroese TV about the short film, with clips out of it and interview with the film maker.
FINA lifts Albert Subirat’s antidoping ban

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Doping

According to various news outlets in Venezuela, FINA has decided to lift the one-year antidoping suspension that Albert Subirats got earlier this summer, due to missing tests because of his federation not forwarding his whereabouts. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
Sun, Sand and Surf

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Fun

Yes, I’m still in GoPro mode. I like the fact that you can do all this with a camera that has no manual controls, but is rugged and watertight and extremely good at capturing motion … plus so small that you can have it in your pocket, or stick it to a 5 foot pole like this guy did :-)

Sun, Sand, and Surf from Reel Story Films on Vimeo.
Take note, the 2012 WADC in Lund on January 12-15

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Technique

On 12-15 January 2012, Stadshallen/HÃ¶gevallsbadet in Lund, Sweden will host the 1st World Aquatic Development Conference, featuring Bill Boomer, Milt Nelms, Alex Nikitin, Brad Burnham, Chris Martin, US Olympic Head Coach Teri McKeever and multiple Olympic gold medal winner Shane Gould. There will be five tracks, ranging from “Learn to Swim” over “Women in Sports” to “Competitive swimming”. The organizers know their stuff, they organized a successful conference with Boomer, Nelms and Gould in Haderslev, Denmark back in 2005 that I attended, and are now with this “Swedish Center for Aquatic Research” establishing a state-of-the-art training and testing facility with 3D underwater filming and stuff in Lund. Who knows, maybe we will meet there in January.

Breakfast table at the Haderslev 2005 conference. Kirkegaard, me, Boomer, Gould & Nelms
“Air Swimmers” video records 2.1 million hits in 5 days

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Fun

The “Air Swimmers” video shown here on August 12 is a full-fledged viral YouTube sensation now, receiving a whopping 2.125.609 views in just five days, after being tipped by also Toys ‘R’ Us and Hamleys as a must have toy (/tool) this holiday season. The clip has also been voted as YouTube’s favorite Science and Technology video for the month. Read Gadgets and Gizmos.

Another clip called “Flying fish attacks cat!” is also going viral, receiving 424.189 views in just a few days. I for one welcome our new flying robotfish overlords!
3 Days in Rio (a personal vacation)

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Fun

The GoPro HD is a fantastic camera. Water is fantastic too, and vacations with your dearest. Considering a Rio 2016 research trip as we speak.

3 Days in Rio (personal vacation 2011) from Daniel Ferro on Vimeo.
William Trubridge 101 meters world record dive

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Freediving, Nature

Here is William Trubridge from New Zealand attempting to break the world record of freediving the deepest in history. Diving straight down with no fins, no oxygen, no assistance, in an effort to make awareness that we need to protect our wildlife, and specifically our dolphins. Or as he writes on his website “1 hectometer for the Hector’s dolphin.” Notice how he stops swimming at around 40 meters, because at that point his body is so squeezed together by the pressure, that it is heavier than water and just falls. Which means he won’t just float up again, but has to swim :-S

101 Meters World Record Dive -William Trubridge from Matthew Brown on Vimeo.
The Kiwi cat and mouse drill

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Technique

I’m personally not so fond of catch-up freestyle, but this description is great. From the Northern Arena swimming facility in North Auckland, New Zealand, where they by the way have a spongy bottom in the teaching pool. Never heard of that one, but sounds nice for your knees.
The US East Coast hit by (massive) earthquake

Aug 24, 2011

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rokur

in Gossip

Millions of Americans from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the most powerful earthquake to hit the US East Coast in decades. Summer Sanders tweeted about how crazy it feels to be in a swimming pool during an earthquake, while Michael Phelps felt nothing. Ricky Berens felt that he was missing out on something, while Katie Hoff was just worried. The picture tells it telling tale.

Enjoying a most pleasant post earthquake afternoon on the deck in Monkton. All my pond fish are accounted for. Now where is that limoncello?less than a minute ago via TweetList Pro Favorite Retweet ReplyBob Bowman
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