Category: Open Water
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Pentagon developing impulse gun to make swimmers puke mid-stroke
According to Wired, publicIntelligence.org leaked a U.S. Department of Defence “Non-Lethal Weapons Reference Book†online last week, that amongst other thinks mentions an “Impulse Swimmer Gun” that uses “pulsed sound waves” to cause “auditory impairment and/or nausea” among scuba divers engaged in “unauthorized underwater activities”. As if sharks and sea swells wasn’t enough. Read Wired.
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New Years swimming to support domestic violence victims
In Maine, roughly half of the homicides over the past ten years have been caused by domestic violence. On New Year’s day, hundreds of people took a ‘Polar Bear’ plunge in the Atlantic ocean at Gooches Beach in Kennebunk to support those victims by raising money for Caring Unlimited. Read wcsh6.com and see video:
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World swim cap wearing record set at the 2012 Tybee Island Polar Plunge
You might not have know about it, but the Guinness world record for the largest gathering of people wearing swim caps was 546 people, set in Japan in July 2011. Now it is American, with 2045 people absolutely demolishing the record at the 2012 Tybee Island Polar Plunge in Georgia, USA. Via The Graveyard shift
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Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2012
People going crazy on Polar Bear Swim 2012 at English Bay, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada. Air temperature: 5ºC / 41ºF. Water temperature: 7.7ºC / 46ºF. Polar Bear Swim 2012 from Beto Galetto on Vimeo.
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The Burien 2012 Polar Bear Plunge from a swimmer’s POV
Three Tree Point, Burien, Washington. January 1st, 2012. Air temperature: 53°F (11.7°C). Water temperature: Colder :-) Via b-townblog.com
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Adversial Tides – an open water swimming movie
Adversarial Tides is a gripping tale that pits four solo channel swimmers against the violent mood swings of the Pacific Ocean. Marine life, ocean swells and the dark cold of night swimming present challenges and pitfalls for the swimmers, crew and pilots. Adversarial Tides: Feature documentary from Chase B Kenney on Vimeo. Read more on…
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Christmas came early, a gift from the Big River Man himself
So I got in contact with Strel Swimming after blogging about their exciting swimming holiday trips in Slovenia and Croatia, and it turns out that ‘Big River Man‘ Martin Strel’s son Borut is also an IT geek professional. Go visit their state-of-the-art webpage www.strel-swimming.com, and notice that there is a special offer on their Slovenian…
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Lecomte demoing iPhone HUD goggles for his Longest Swim
The geek in me is very intrigued (and hopes this is for real): Atlantic Ocean swimmer Ben Lecomte demoing a Vuzix iWear-like iPhone head-up display device for his Aqua Sphere goggles, with which he will be able to read emails and watch video while swimming across the Pacific Ocean, raising funds toward cancer research in…
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Dan Martin to swim, cycle and run around the world
Literally, a Global Triathlon beginning with a first-ever 5700 km swim across the Atlantic Ocean under traditional stage swim rules, before crossing Europe and Asia on bicycle, and then America on foot. The swim alone will take 6 months, starting in May 2012. Via SwimmingWorld Magazine. View The Global Triathlon in a larger map