Category: Open Water
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CC photo #229: Swimmers ready for “Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012”
Open water swimmers ready for the swim from Tórshavn to Nólsoy (the island ahead of them). Only about 5K in a straight line, but the current typically slings you way south (to the right on the picture) and then back again north so fast that swimmers sometimes have drifted clear off the island before being…
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Unidentified woman dies trying to cross the English Channel
The body of an unidentified Asian woman wearing a wetsuit has been found on a beach in northern France. Carrying a compass and energy food bars, spare clothes in a plastic pouch and smeared with vaseline, she is thought to have attempted to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel to Britain, when she…
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CDC confirms amoeba infection killed Lily Lake swimmer
Tests confirm that an amebic infection is what killed a 9-year-old boy days after he went swimming in a popular lake in Stillwater. Read more here on myfox9.com Minneapolis News and Weather KMSP FOX 9
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Video from “Ólavsøkusvimjingin 2012”
Behold, our footage from the 400 meter open water race along the main pier of Tórshavn on our national holiday “Ólavsøka“. The laughing along the route is mostly because me and Bartal had totally underestimated how fast we had to run, if our plan of one filming while the other ran should work.
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Video from Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
A little something I put together from the Tórshavn to Nólsoy open water swim Saturday, using footage from mine and Hestoy’s GoPros. Music unfortunately a bit dark, but that was what I could find in a hurry, searching for “sea” and a suitable duration.
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CC photo #226: Cecilia being interviewed after Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal being interviewed in Nólsoy by IMG / Trans World Sport after winning the annual open water race from Tórshavn to Nólsoy, Saturday, August 11th, 2012. Jon Hestoy, President of the Faroese Swimming Association, also filming with his GoPro, I’m working on merging our videos.
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Naked man rescued from shark infested waters
As sharks circled all around, rescuers pulled a fisherman from the waters off the coast of Western Australia. The man was one of two who were plucked from the ocean after being spotted by a television helicopter in a dramatic rescue involving five aircraft and five boats. It came after three men failed to return…
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The River People
“Strange creatures live in Florida’s spring-fed rivers. Some people call them mermaids and mermen, I call them The River People.” The River People from Chris Rish on Vimeo.
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Sleeping swimmer causes a scare
This sleeping swimmer caused quite a scare. He apologized but said he was just enjoying life to its fullest. See The Sacramento Bee