Category: Open Water
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Trent Grimsey breaks English channel swim record
Trent Grimsey, FINA’s top ranked Open Water swimmer, has broken the record for an unassisted solo crossing of the English Channel by a massive 2 minutes and fifty seconds. The Queenslander began his 34km marathon at Dover in southern England at approximately 9:30am local time Saturday (1830 AEST) and arrived at Cap-Gris-Nez, France in a…
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Nearly 1,000 compete in 43rd Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim
At 9 a.m. at Kaimana Beach next to the Waikiki Natatorium, nearly 1,000 swimmers from all ages and swim backgrounds raced into the water to take on mother nature and try to prove that they could endure the 2.4 mile race course of the 43rd Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim. Read Hawaii News Now Hawaii News…
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Camera lost underwater, recovered with great video
On August 18, 7 Action News photographer Chris Jones was shooting underwater scuba video of the ship wreck of the William Young. While surfacing, Chris lost his personal camera in the rough waters and it kept recording as it fell over 110 feet, right into the cargo hold of the wreck. Chris was unable to…
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Sigur Rós – Rembihnútur
Wait for it … when it gets to the swimming, you’ll see more stroke variations than you ever thought possible :-) Sigur Rós – Rembihnútur by Gabriele Surdo from YOWAU on Vimeo.
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Falls of a Roaring River
“The Homies and I headed out to Roaring River Falls and Muir Rock for some jumping and swimming in some ice bath water.” Falls of a Roaring River from Brendon Anthony on Vimeo.
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Dana Mermaid swims in Kona
A video introducing Dana Mermaid… swimming in the beautiful warm waters of Kona, Hawaii. Dana Mermaid swims in Kona from Susan Knight on Vimeo.
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Liberty to Freedom Swim
This September 5th, 2012, a 2.2 mile swim from the Statue of Liberty to the future Freedom Tower in downtown Manhattan, featuring “Big River Man” Martin Strel, see UrbanSwim Liberty to Freedom Swim V1 – 5000 bitrate = 1920×1080 from Lom Defer on Vimeo.
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Mudjimba Island Charity Swimming 2012
August 2012, Queensland, Australia, charity swimming raising funds for the Nambour & Currimundi special schools. Open water, from Mudjimba Island to Mooloolaba beach, 11 Km+ off on the wrong side of the sharks nets. Mudjimba Island Charity Swimming 2012 from Pablo Ballester on Vimeo.
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Piombino 2012 OW Europeans website online, promo video fabulous
Only two weeks until the Piombino 2012 European Championships – Open Water Swimming, in Piombino, Italy from 12 to 16 September, see www.piombino2012.com. Start Lists and Results will be shown here on omegatiming.com. Promo video is awesome, makes me wanna go there and bring a spear ! :-)