Category: Open Water
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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 ! :-)
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First underwater wheelchair to debut in London ahead of Paralympics
A British artist will perform swimming pool acrobatics in the world’s first underwater wheelchair this week in London. Sue Austin, a wheelchair-bound artist, invented and helped create the prototype and she’ll be demonstrating what it can do at the London 2012 Festival Wednesday through Saturday. Read for instance Toronto Sun and the BBC
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Wayne Soutter makes history with North Channel swim
43-year-old South African Wayne Soutter has become the first person ever to swim from the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland to the north Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. Others have conquered the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland, but none of them have crossed by the shortest and most treacherous route, from Kintyre. And…
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CC photo #240: 3 guys having fun with a fishing crate in Toftir harbor
A strange sight in Toftir harbor, yesterday evening, three young men who’d put on wetsuits and lowered a fishing crate into the harbor, to see if they could get up into it all three at once. Quite difficult, by the looks of it, as it was very prone to keeling over. Moments later, all three…