Month: September 2017
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#SwimBiz: Disruptive Marketing: How Uber Revolutionized Transportation Through Partnerships
Marshall Osborne of Uber talks about how Uber revolutionized transportation through partnerships and how some of those ideas can help your club. https://youtu.be/PVn1AcZjkag
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Park Tae-hwan, An Se-hyeon named ambassadors for Gwangju 2019 World Championships
South Korean swimming stars Park Tae-hwan and An Se-hyeon were named honorary ambassadors for the 2019 world championships Wednesday. The organizing committee for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships, which take place in Gwangju, 350 kilometers south of Seoul, unveiled Park and An as their goodwill ambassadors. Park is the only South Korean swimmer to…
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Pedra Que Engole: Rock that ‘swallows’ a hit with tourists in Brazil
You probably couldn’t pay me to do this but travellers are loving this weird tourist attraction in Brazil where you get “swallowed†by rocks. Pedra Que Engole, which roughly translates to “Swallow Rockâ€, is a rock formation with a small waterfall above a river in Trindade, about 270km south of Rio de Janeiro. What you…
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Swim Junky Challenge – Verde Island Passage
Using footage from an early shoot down in Lobo Batangas, Philippines. This video was all about practicing color correction. Trying to make a uniform look. Getting colors realistic.
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Should you quit swimming? Asking the right question
Swimmers often write to me asking if they should quit swimming. They don’t enjoy swimming as much as they used to or they have stoped improving which makes them hate swimming. I would like to tell you a story about the greatest breaststroker of our time, Adam Peaty. In an interview he said that one…
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‘It Makes Me Feel Normal’: UK Invictus Swimmer On Power Of Sport
A swimmer from the UK Invictus Games team has spoken to Forces Network about the power of sport. It comes with the start of this year’s competition less than three weeks away. The last few training sessions are now taking place, with the Team UK swimmers meeting in Catterick for their final preparations. One of the athletes, Emma Pack, told Cath…
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Police raid home of Brazil Olympics chief over Rio 2016 vote buying
Brazilian investigators said on Tuesday that politicians and the head of the national Olympic committee arranged a $2 million bribe to bring the 2016 games to Rio de Janeiro, despite the city having the worst conditions to host the event. Police in Rio raided the home of Brazil’s Olympics chief, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, after prosecutors…
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Dog video shows the cutest canines swimming in Toronto pool
Dogs are allowed to join Greenwood Park’s last swim of the season. The outdoor Leslieville pool allowed the fury friends to join the fun on its last day of operation on Sunday.
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