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Demand For Backyard Swimming Pools Leads To Backlog, Shortages

Jun 21, 2020

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in Swimming Pools

Some states are now allowing public pools to reopen, but many people dove into buying pools for their homes during stay-at-home orders.

The rush of orders for backyard pools when the pandemic hit led to backlog.

The Donohoe family in New York got a new pool finished just in time for the hot weather.

Anne Donohoe says the pool is â€œtotally saving us this summer.â€

Christopher Lombardo from Allstar Swimming Pools in New York says the demand continues.

â€œWe get about, I would say about 30 to 40 calls every day,â€ he says.

In Massachusetts, Easton Pool & Spa has seen business explode.

Company owner Dave Hobaica says, â€œA lot of people are really hurting out there, but weâ€™re in a, just happen to be in a sweet spot right now.â€

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Twin Falls man missing after plans to swim near Pillar Falls

Jun 21, 2020

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in Safety

A Twin Falls man well known in the local BASE jumping community has gone missing, friends say.

Austin Carey was last seen Thursday afternoon. Friends said he was planning to swim across the Snake River near Pillar Falls.

Search and rescue searched the area above and in the canyon. Searchers have asked that no one try to search the site to avoid anyone getting injured.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Jerome County Sheriffâ€™s Sgt. Chris McRoberts at 208-308-4138.

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If I told you that before I was out of high school I had been in 30+street fights would you believe me? That Iâ€™ve been shot at and was standing a matter of feet from another human when he was senselessly shot and killed at a party, that I was involved in organized crime hanging around thieves, murderers, and drug dealers. The list goes on and this is all before graduating high school. A privileged suburban boy growing up as a gangster in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fortunately I learned from the lessons I needed to, separated myself from the people I needed to and transformed myself into someone Iâ€™m happy to be but despite my growth and happiness my life has never lacked craziness. 29 and surprised to be alive. Today is one of those days in which I just want calmness. I want it so bad that Iâ€™m breaking down at every ounce of resistance I feel. Today is a day that Iâ€™ve spent a lot of time contemplating my past, wondering if Iâ€™m destined for a crazy life no matter what I do, good or bad. A smile feels partially forced today but yet I have so many wonderful reasons to smile. Iâ€™ve fought so hard for this smile and Iâ€™ll continue to fight for it even if my life will never lack craziness.

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Teen suffers shark bite swimming on the Outer Banks

Jun 21, 2020

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in Nature

A 16-year-old boy suffered a non-life-threatening injury Thursday from a shark off Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

The bite occurred about 4 p.m. Local authorities notified Cape Hatteras National Seashore park rangers that the teen from Oak Ridge, N.C. was being treated at a medical facility in Nags Head for an apparent shark bite injury. The bite occurred in the ocean near Ramp 25, 2.5 miles south of the village of Salvo on Hatteras Island.

A park ranger drove to the medical facility and interviewed the family of the injured teen, who reported that the incident occurred approximately 25 feet offshore while the 16-year-old was jumping over waves on a sandbar.

The boy was treated for his injury and released from the medical facility Thursday evening.

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Record-breaking Masters swimmer Gina Heyn’s lockdown training

Jun 21, 2020

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in Dryland, Masters

Record-breaking Masters swimmer Gina Heyn has revealed how a 10kg bag of rice has helped her keep fit during lockdown.
Illinois Swimming and Diving Gets Creative With Training

Jun 21, 2020

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in Competition, Training

With public swimming pools closed during the pandemic, Illinois swimmers are getting creative with their training. Under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan, public pools won’t be open until Phase Four, so in the meantime, the Illini have turned to alternatives for their off-season training.
2020 Midwinter subzero swim

Jun 21, 2020

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in Winter Swimming

After weeks of living without the sun, expeditioners at Australiaâ€™s Antarctic stations are celebrating midwinterâ€™s day with a subzero swim through a hole cut in the sea ice! Brrrrr!!!
Midsummer Swim in the Arctic

Jun 21, 2020

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in Nature, Wild Swimming

A swift and cool celebration of midsummer, in meltwater from the mountains of North Norway!
Inge de Bruijn’s First Gold at Fukuoka 2001 | FINA World Championships

Jun 21, 2020

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in Competition
Swim Out for Black Lives Matter

Jun 20, 2020

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in Organization

Juneteenth 2020 saw swimmers from the San Francisco Bay Area come together in solidarity with the fight against Social Injustice. A swim out to start actively elevating Black voices and committing to non-complacency.