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  • Push for WA ocean pools to keep swimmers safe from sharks

    Oct 26, 2011

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    rokur
    in Open Water, Safety

    The Western Australian Government should spend $15 million on three ocean pools to give people a shark-free saltware option, the Opposition says. This after three fatal shark attacks in WA in seven weeks, prompting a proposal of “practical engineering solutions” to safeguard swimmers. Read thewest.com.au. Former world champion open water swimmer Shelley Taylor-Smith says after moving back to Perth three years ago after 17 years in Sydney:

    “One of the frustrations in living in Perth is you can’t go for a swim 24-7 if you want to like you can on the east coast where there are all these lovely rock pools that are lit up at night”

  • World’s longest swimming pool concept wins Holcim Gold Award

    Oct 26, 2011

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    rokur
    in Swimming Pools

    The 3rd International Holcim Awards for sustainable construction projects from across Europe were recently announced at a ceremony in Milan, with the German architectural firm realities:united taking first prize for its Flussbad proposal. We’re talking transforming a strech of the River Spree in central Berlin into a 745 meter “swimming pool”, purified naturally by a an upper 1.8-hectare reed bed. Via gizmag.com

    (image: united:realities, cc by-nc-nd 3.0)

  • Shark Pool: Official Trailer

    Oct 26, 2011

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Please someone, listen to the geek !

    Shark Pool: Official Trailer

  • FINIS Announces SwiMP3ยฎ 2G, an Underwater MP3 Player

    Oct 26, 2011

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    rokur
    in Technology

    FINIS has announced the immediate availability of the SwiMP3ยฎ 2G, an upgraded version of their award-winning underwater MP3 player that holds up to 2GB of music, twice as much as the original version, for a total of 30 hours or approximately 500 songs. Utilizing bone-conducting technology to deliver clear sound underwater, ear bud free. See finisinc.com.

  • USA Swimming launches Deck Pass

    Oct 26, 2011

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    rokur
    in Training

    We’ve heard about it before, and now it is officially launced. USA Swimming’s Deck Pass, a new online and mobile application that lets swimmers track their best times, set goals and earn digital patches, share milestones with friends and family on Facebook, engage with USA Swimming, and that works as a tool for coaches too. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • Adlington makes a splash with 4-year-old Tae Smith

    Oct 26, 2011

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    rokur
    in Fun, Training

    We heard about 4-year-old Tae Smith in July, who after only five months managed to take not only the planned 600 meters distance badge, but carried on until she was persuaded to stop at 2000 meters. Here is a British Gas Big Dip video with her and Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington. Via the17thman

    Adlington makes a splash with 4-year-old superstar

  • Interviewing Dr Homayun Gharavi – Part 2

    Oct 25, 2011

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    rokur
    in Faroe Islands, Swimming Pools, Training

    So, after a quick change of camera (and Home-made solution to secure the additional camera to the incompatible tripod by using packaging from the recently bought batteries), we go on about Home’s visit to the Faroe Islands, digging deeper into the project of Pรกl Joensen and Jรณn Bjarnason in Suรฐuroy. I ask what Dr. Gharavi thinks of Pรกl still training in his 25-meter home pool in Vรกgur, and what he thinks about the plan to build a 50-meter pool on this remote island, rather than on the (relatively) more densely populated North mainland. See also Part 1.

    Interviewing Dr Gharavi – Part 2

  • The new GoPro HD HERO2 promo video says BUY ME !

    Oct 25, 2011

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    rokur
    in Fun, Technology

    I’m not affiliated with GoPro, and don’t even own one (yet). But by golly … if I wanted one before, it is really really bad now :-)

    The HD HERO2: Almost as Rad as the HERO3

  • Biker saves struggling calf from canal

    Oct 25, 2011

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    rokur
    in Nature, Safety, Technology

    You can thank GoPro and similar cameras for shots like these :-)

    AmagezaGautengSavingCalf_Short

    Via BuzzFeed

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