Month: June 2014
-
Dave Denniston is sure Amy van Dyken will be fine
Read Classicalite and CBS Six-Time Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken is in a hospital after an ATV accident last weekend. She is paralyzed after suffering a severed spinal cord. The former Olympic swimmer has put on a brave face for news and social media, although it has been obviously a difficult time for her…
-
What Athletes Eat Before They Compete
Including Michael Phelps. And phew, we dodged the Bacon / Chicken McNugget / 2 Boiled Cabbages menus.
-
Just what is eating those Great Whites?
Read for instance CNN via Neatorama A mystery revolving around the death of a nine-foot-long great white shark off the coast of Western Australia is the subject of a documentary to air June 25th and 26th on The Smithsonian Channel. Remains of the great white washed up on shore months after the shark was killed. A satellite tracking…
-
Adults Can Learn To Swim For Free with Operation Splash
See KTLA There are more than 40 locations where children and adults can learn to swim for free. Gayle Anderson has the details on a summer program known as “Operation Splashâ€. Gayle Anderson was at one of the many pools participating in this summer’s ninth annual Kaiser Permanente’s Operation Splash, a FREE summer program offered…
-
Keris Dahlkamp talks about Congo Swim
Includes scenes from Keris’s 2013 Lake Tahoe swim. Keris Dahlkamp talks about Congo Swim from LOPC on Vimeo.
-
The Man Who Swims With Crocodiles
See also Animal Planet The Man Who Swims With Crocodiles from CRLC on Vimeo.
-
-
Swimming with a whale shark off Venice
See wtxltv A Suncoast man got a rare ride while boating in the Gulf of Mexico last week. It happened off the coast of Venice. James Bostwick posted this video to his Facebook page. He saw a whale shark swimming by and decided to jump into the water and catch a ride. Here is the…
-
Tigress Shark – Woman Dances with Tiger Sharks
In a performance protest against the Australian shark cull and the global slaughter of sharks, a woman risks it all to dance on the sea floor with swarms of tiger sharks up to 17 feet long without any dive or protective gear. Tigress Shark – Woman Dances with Tiger Sharks from Blue Sphere Media on…