Month: May 2015
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Lily is the World’s First Throw-and-Shoot Camera Drone
And waterproof to boot, see PetaPixel Lily is a new robotic camera drone that aims to shake up not only the drone industry, but the camera industry as a whole. It’s the world’s first “throw-and-shoot camera†that lets anyone capture cinematic aerial photos and videos without needing to do any piloting.
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Sink or Swim: Learning the Crawl in the Maldives – TRAILER (2015)
For two weeks in May, our One Ocean Media Foundation helped organize, and film, a unique learn-to-swim project on the remote Maldivian island of Eydafushi. Despite living just a couple feet above sea level, many of the locals here never learn to swim. With the support of the SLOW LIFE Foundation and the Soneva Fushi…
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Stanford Aquatics: Swim Clinic – May 2015
On May 3, 2015, the Stanford Aquatics team hosted their Spring Swim Clinic where they taught participants how to improve on their freestyle and backstroke. In addition, they also showed different ways on how to tighten your core. Check out this great feature and learn how you can join in future clinics hosted by Stanford…
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Swim lessons should be taught at early age
With summer right around the corner, children of all ages will be flocking back to the pool in hopes of beating the summer heat. But when is the right age to begin teaching children the basics of swimming? According to swim instructor Daniel Roberts, there is no time like the present. Roberts said that waiting…
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The Right Ratio to Engineer a Swim
The knifefish doesn’t swim the way a trout or tuna does, waving its tail fin back and forth. Its propulsion comes from one long fin on its belly, and when it swims, the fin, not the body, undulates. A continuous wave passes along the fin, and watching it can be mesmerizing. This method of swimming,…
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Katie Ledecky to defer Stanford enrollment to focus on 2016 Olympics
Katie Ledecky, the three-time All-Met Swimmer of the Year and reigning world record holder in the 400-meter, 800 and 1,500 freestyle events, made the much-anticipated decision to defer enrollment at Stanford University for the 2015-16 school year Friday, choosing to remain at home to train in the most important year yet of her young career. “After…
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Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines teaches water safety for families
Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines has revamped programs at the organization’s 30 pools and is promising that no child will be turned away for swimming lessons no matter their ability to pay. See Orlando Sentinel
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FOX 46 sits down with Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry
Seven-time Olympic medalist Kirsty Coventry is training with Swim MAC in Charlotte. Coventry, who swims for Zimbabwe, is already the most decorated Olympic athlete in all of Africa, and she’s preparing for one final run to Rio in 2016. Coventry sat down with FOX 46’s Zach Groth to discuss her future in the sport. See…