Category: Open Water
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Diana Nyad still determined after four failed tries to swim from Cuba to Florida
Sixty-two year old swimmer Diana Nyad from California has been trying to swim 166 kilometers – or 103 miles – from Cuba to Florida, once in the 70-ies, twice in 2011 and again this year, still not giving up on the goal of swimming that distance. See Voice of America
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Provincetown 25th Annual Swim for Life 2012
25th annual 1.4 mile Swim for LIfe & Paddler Flotilla in Provincetown, MA to raise money for AIDS, Women’s health and the community. 400+ swimmers and hundreds of volunteers. Over $2.5 million raised since 1988. To learn more, please visit swim4life.org Provincetown 25th Annual Swim for Life 2012 from videoMike on Vimeo.
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MalmöSimmet 2012
“A short promotional video we did for a local swimming event.” – Yeah, the MalmöSimmet in Malmö, Sweden, held in July. MalmöSimmet 2012 from Simply Visual on Vimeo.
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ECOVER BLUE MILE 2012
The Ecover Blue Mile, Plymouth 8-9 September 2012, shot on FS700, EX3, EX1 & GoPro Hero II. ECOVER BLUE MILE 2012 from George Pagliero on Vimeo.
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Azul – A Waterlust film about women in water
A short film by Paula Marinkovic & Alexandra Menk starring Melissa Gil, Diana Salom, and Kalia Aguera. Get a glimpse into the aquatic lifestyle of these amazing women!
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View 2012 Waikiki Rough Water Swim finishes by name
Very interesting YouTube deep linking service here by LiveSwim, where you can pick a finisher of the 2012 Waikiki Rough Water Swim and then watch that person cross the line. It is apparently a service of Pacific Sport Events & Timing. Here is the entire 3-hour video
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Brits warned to not swim naked with crayfish
The Red Swamp Crayfish, which are native to America, have rocketed in numbers in the past few months at two ponds in Hampstead Heath, north London (UK), now estimated to be more than 5,000 ‘very defensive’ of their territory, with powerful claws. Now the regular nude dippers are being warned to beware of the crayfish,…
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Vega Expeditions – Skiing and Swimming on Svalbard
Did you know that local traveling regulations at Svalbard state that you must always have fireams and protection devices as hand, such as a big-game rifle and tripwire with flares for camping, due to the risk of meeting polar bears? So no skiing and swimming on Svalbard for me, thank you very much. Still beautiful,…
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SOI Unified Puerto Rico
“Supporting the Unified experience in Special Olympics Open Water” SOI Unified Puerto Rico from Bruckner Chase on Vimeo.