Category: Open Water
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US man completes entire triathlon while juggling
On April 21, 2012, 31-year-old Joe Salter from Pensacola, Florida completed a sprint triathlon consisting of 1/4 mile of swimming, 16.2 miles of bicycling and 4 miles of running in less than two hours while juggling, plasing 147th of 246 participants. Yes, juggling even when open water swimming, serious skills there. Swim: 1/4 mile (402…
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Manatees surprise swimmers at beach in Florida
Beachgoers at a beach in Fort Lauderdale found themselves surrounded by a group of playful manatees. “It made us feel amazing that we were able to witnesses such a thing,†Gina Hossack told the Sun Sentinel. Via MyFOX8
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Gianniotis first to carry the Olympic torch, follow it live on Ustream
Greece’s British-born open water swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis will tomorrow become the first Olympic Torchbearer of London 2012, describing it as a “very, very big honor”. Via Inside The Games “Tomorrow is a really important day and for my whole career,” he said, “It is my last Olympics, it is something unique for me.”…
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The Bondi Iceberg Opening Ceremony (in super slow motion)
The opening of the winter swimming season at Bondi Icebergs Swimming Club, captured with Epic at 100fps & Weisscam at 1000fps. Wow.
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CC photo #129: Sea swimmers ready for the SFS 2005
A team photo before the “Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2005”, a swim we arranged twice here in the local swim club. We’re situated at the mouth of Skálafjørðurin, the longest firth on the Faroe Islands, some 15 kilometers long and only 600 across here at the mouth, so it is only natural to dream of taking the short…
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Swim, by Banana Tree Films
OK, her breaststroke technique is not 100% perfect, but wow, the colors and the wildlife.
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Winter swimmers in Copenhagen
Around 20,000 Danes swim in the sea during the winter, and swim even when the water is frozen over and dry. Warning, almost NSFW outside of Scandinavia and France.
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Swiss swimmer in an icy lake at 7600 feet in the Alps
This is Swiss Ernst Bromeis in the ice cold Toma Lake at 2345 meters altitude altitude above sea level, near Disentis, Switzerland. He plans to swim, wade and user other means for the 1240 kilometers from the source of the Rhine in Switzerland to the water mouth near Rotterdam in 2012, to make people aware…
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Surfing the Red Tide in San Diego
Short raw clip of a surfer taking advantage of the amazing conditions thanks to the Bioluminescence blue waves that hit San Diego back in 2011, read mmn.com