Interesting concept, and thankfully both cheap and simple, see www.eyeswim.com. Now, personally I’ve always wanted a simple instant and automatic video replay system with slow-motion like what we sometimes see on fun rides. For start practices and stuff, preferably in a plug-in-and-go package, please go invent that ! :-)
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87 Different Countries Now Have Open Water Swimming Events
A plug for www.openwaterswimming.com
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3-year-old Elodie-Paige MacArthur swims 25 meters unaided
At three years and five months, Elodie-Paige MacArthur might be the youngest to win the Kirsten Trophy contest that Thirsk White Horse Swim Team runs annually, since it was launched in 1972. A competition to find the youngest swimmer in Hambleton district who can swim 25 meters unaided, to aid awareness of swimming and promote the importance of learning to swim at the earliest possible age. Her mother Tracy says that Elodie-Paige has completed 75 meters unaided, and hopes she will swim for the country one day, as she herself did.” Read The Northern Echo and Hambleton District Council. -
José Mourinho to be Ambassador of the “FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier”
FINA Bureau Member and President of the Portuguese Swimming Federation Paulo Frischknecht was on October 27 in Madrid, Spain to meet José Mourinho, coach of local football club Real Madrid, who will be the Ambassador of the “FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier” in Mourinho’s hometown of Setubal, Portugal. The event that will complete the list of 25 men and 25 women eligible to compete at the 10K Marathon open water swimming races at the London 2012 Olympic Games. According to FINA, Mourinho promised to be present in “at least one of the two days of the qualifying event” and showed also interest in “following the main aquatic events during the Games time.” And got an official T-shirt.
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The Race Club: Underwater Pull Series – Introduction
This is exciting, Gary Hall Sr of the Race Club introducing part 1 of 4 part series analysing the underwater pull, digging into the classic drag versus lift discussion (or more nerdy, Newton’s second law of motion versus Bernoulli’s Principle of lift).Â
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“Think, Don’t Swim” campaign film premieres in York
A hard-hitting film aimed at driving home the message of The Press‘s Think, Don’t Swim campaign is being premiered today at York’s City Screen cinema in Yorkshire, England. Bartender Richard Horrocks, 21, drowned in the Ouse after jumping into the water from a balcony close to the riverside cinema in July. He was the third person to die in York’s rivers so far this year, and his death prompted The Press to launch its campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of jumping or falling in the water, including the launch of posters and beer mats carrying the campaign message. Read more here on The Press.
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How to photograph a fist smashing through water
High-speed photography tutorial with splashes and flashes, courtesy of Photo EXTREMIST, via Peta Pixel. “Just remember that it is the flashes that are freezing the motion, not the camera.”
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Liquid nitrogen into a swimming pool
Sweet, wish they had a human guinea pig to throw into it. Oh wait.
Liquid Nitrogen Into A Swimming Pool from physicisttv on Vimeo.
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Magnussen skips World Cup to keep rivals guessing
World 100-meter freestyle champion James Magnussen launched his Olympic campaign with a victory in the men’s 15-years-and-over race at a humble meet in Sydney yesterday, and revealed that he’s skipping the World Cup meets because he wants to keep his rivals guessing. Read Port Lincoln Times.
”The best thing for me at the moment is to do carnivals like this instead of the World Cup because the other guys won’t get the chance to race me or have the chance to get used to my tactics and the way I swim,” he said after clocking 49.54s in his first competitive race since Shanghai. ”Being the hunted rather than the hunter is definitely something I’m not used to but I’m still chasing that world record so, as long as I have that in front of me, I’ll keep moving forward.”
(The Morning Swim Show interviewing James Magnussen in August)