Month: June 2014
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The Science of Freediving: Your Body’s Amazing Reaction To Water
Read ideas.ted.com In 1949, a stocky Italian air force lieutenant named Raimondo Bucher decided to try a potentially deadly stunt off the coast of Capri, Italy. Bucher would sail out to the center of the lake, take a breath and hold it, and free-dive down one hundred feet to the bottom. Waiting there would be…
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Ten Percent of U.S. Beaches Fail Swimmer Safety Standards
Read WSET You may want to check the beach water before you get in to swim. Researchers with the Natural Resources Defense Council monitored more than 3,000 beaches and according to the annual “Testing the Waters” report, 10% of U.S. beaches failed the government’s swimmer safety standards. Virginia had one of the lowest failure rates of water samples. The…
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Michael Phelps to appear nude in ESPN The Magazine’s ‘Body Issue’
Read The Baltimore Sun If you’ve ever said you’ve seen enough of Towson-born Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps for one lifetime, I submit to you evidence that you may have spoken too soon. Phelps, the record-setting Olympic swimmer, is one of 22 athletes appearing nude in ESPN The Magazine’s The Body Issue, which features photo spreads…
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Navy SEALs to swim Sebago Lake for Camp Sunshine
Read keepmecurrent.com Four active-duty Navy SEALs are preparing to swim the full 13-mile length of Sebago Lake on Aug. 21 to raise funds to send military families in need to Camp Sunshine. The goal of the “SEALs for Sunshine” event is to raise enough money to send 40 military families to Camp Sunshine, a one-of-a-kind…
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Conservationists oppose swimming with whales tourism plan
Read ABC A Mooloolaba scuba diving company is the first in Australia to offer the people the chance to swim with humpbacks from next month. Paul Hodda from the Australian Whale Conservation Society says it is not the right way to treat an endangered species. “Our main concern is that people can have a wonderful…
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Lack of swimming officials has Indigenous Games organizers dropping that event
Read CBC A shortage of certified officials for swimming competitions has forced organizers of the North American Indigenous Games to drop that sport from the upcoming games. Qualified officials are needed to oversee swimming races and there were not enough available. The games take place in Regina in July. “We turned over every rock and…
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Massena Man Shares Memories Of Swimming English Channel
See WWNYTV It took retired Navy chaplin Robert Manning the strength of prayer and more than 53,000 strokes to swim the English Channel three decades ago at age 49. “It was such a wonderful feeling,” he said.
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Grant Hackett dragged into Rinehart feud
See 7News and read for instance The Sydney Morning Herald Mining magnate Gina Rinehart asked Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett to convince her daughter Bianca to withdraw her nomination as trustee of the family’s $5 billion trust two days before she was to give evidence in their bitter legal dispute. Court documents show Mrs Rinehart…
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Fishing boat encounters huge Great White shark in Cape Cod Bay
Read Boston Magazine “Look at the size of that fish.†That’s the only thing Captain Tyler Macallister could think to say when his boat, the F/V Cynthia C, came across a massive Great White shark off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday morning. Macallister, who takes trip out on the ocean to fish for tuna on the vessel,…