Presenting the official title song for the 14th FINA World Championships. 30 days and counting till I’ll travel there myself :-)
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Who brings a machete to an ocean swim ?
Interesting detail here, as mentioned by Gold Medal Mel and The Swim Brief …
One of the members of her support team traveling in a small inflatable, a local fisherman named Charles Ebanks, distracted the sharks with dead fish, then killed three of six- to eight-footers with a machete.
Earlier this week we read that Mr. and Mrs. Palfrey didn’t plan for this, and didn’t know about it before afterwards.
“It was not in any of our plans for that to happen. I was not aware it was going to happen until after the event. Our goal was to do a swim. It was not to do anything to the environment”
But still, who brings a machete to an ocean swim ? Did they know that the Oceanic white tip sharks are listed as ‘vulnerable’ globally on the IUCN Red List of Threathened Species ? And is it true that the three sharks were ‘chopped to death’, as stated here ?
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Cousteau says use glass, not plastic
Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter Céline Cousteau urges people to use glass packaging rather than plastic, since it is more natural and healthier, and recycles better. If you care for the ocean, use glass where you can. See GlassIsLife.com, via scaq.blogspot.com.
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Santa Clara 2011 will be streamed live
Americans are good at this, providing live broadcast from important meets like the 2011 Santa Clara International Grand Prix starting tomorrow. Read “Five Storylines To Watch” about for instance the return of Brendan Hansen, and more about who attends here on usaswimming.org. I’ll put that webcast window on our LIVE-page too, and start looking for something similar from the big meet in Rome, also this weekend.
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Poolside interviews at Santa Clara 2011
Some media talk before the start of the Santa Clara International Grand Prix this weekend, featuring top names like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Brendan Hansen, Amanda Beard, Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer and Cullen Jones.
Here Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman:
Here Ryan Lochte:
And here Brendan Hansen:
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Orangutan saves baby chick from drowning
Gentle and all, nudging it to safety with a leaf.
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Independent SPARC review scolds Swimming New Zealand
Swimming New Zealand’s high performance environment was today described by an independent Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) review as negative and with a culture of distrust and lack of confidence in its leadership.
The role of SNZ’s high performance manager Jan Cameron has come under particular fire, to the point where one of the 5 recommendations is a review of that position. She apparently rejects the report’s findings as ‘unfair and inaccurate’.
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This ad is supposed to sell something
I just wonder what (and now fear the ocean). Source ec.europa.eu via England Expects
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Nightsurf
What an amazing video. As someone comments here on Vimeo, “the moon and stars were a bit too much for me.” And then the director answers, “Thanks Otis but there is no intention to simulate reality.” :-)
Nightsurf from Iker Elorrieta on Vimeo.