• Kathleen Crawford Casting is looking for one Scandinavian-looking extreme swimmer/surfer and a pair of strong swimmers to play ‘young mum and dad’, for a feature film to be shot in Scotland and London this fall. This is paid work you guys, no acting experience necessary, but in shape to run and swim repeatedly for days in choppy seas off the coast of Scotland. Embedded movies are previous involvements ‘Sexy Beast’, ‘Birth’ and ‘Attack the Block’ See this Facebook page.

    SWIMMER (SCANDINAVIAN)

    He should be male, 22-35, look Scandinavian, German, Finnish / Icelandic.

    The character is living in a tent on a beach on the coast of Scotland for a bit. He might be a backpacker who has stopped up for a week, month, year – we never find out. He must look at home with that lifestyle i.e. a healthy, outdoors type of person. He has a quiet intensity to him. He should be fearless, and it would be instinctive to him to run into the sea if someone were to get into trouble in the water.

    Extreme swimmers/surfers would be ideal for this role.

    YOUNG DAD AND YOUNG MUM

    Both aged 27-35. Can be any ethnicity and accent. They are a couple on the beach with their toddler and dog. BOTH MUST BE STRONG SWIMMERS.

    N.B. For ALL of these part you really MUST be an excellent swimmer, as filming will involve running into/and swimming in choppy seas off the coast of Scotland, and repetition of action for the purposes of doing several takes will mean it will be tiring.

  • James Magnussen and Geoff Huegill swimming in a tent, via hollandswimming.nl.

  • Using a “professional swimmer” and everything. The review is now 1½ years old, but it is still amusing, and might help you select one of these cheap waterproof cameras that must be even more cheap by now. As a service to our Swimmer’s Daily readers, I’ll save you having to watch the full 9:52 minutes by saying … there is no conclusion, no winner, just choose whatever you fancy the most :-)

  • Good point here on SwimmingWorld Magazine:

    Debate continues on the current breaststroke turn and finish rules that govern competitive swimming. Video from the 2011 FINA World Championships of Brazil’s Felipe Silva finishing with an illegal dolphin kick to capture gold in the 50 meter breaststroke is proof that FINA needs to take another look at how it monitors the stroke.


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  • You think it comes by itself ? Below the first part and intro of a multipart season long series about preparing for the upcoming 2012 Olympics. Courtesy of George Bovell III.

    SWIM from George Bovell on Vimeo.

  • “The last day of summer vacation 2011: 13 people, a chicken, one take on one amazing summer.” Music: The Swimming Song by Loudon Wainwright III. The camera action is a bit shaky at times, but still I like it a lot :-)

  • Swimmers in Darwin, Australia got a small yet significant shock when a crocodile was found in a public pool. Lifeguard Tim Dupe said he initially thought the reptile was a rubber toy until it snapped it jaws. Swimmer’s Daily comment: The reptile epidemic is spreading, from now on I’ll put a bullet through every toy left in the pool! Read The Telegraph

  • Around 40,000 people were watching the tides at the Laoyancang dam of the Qiantang River in east China, when the biggest return tide in nine years destroyed the barriers, washing out about 100 tourists, security guards, a reporter and a car. Twenty people were injured, including nine with serious injuries. Read for instance crienglish.com and 3news.co.nz.

  • Tough talk from Frédérick Bousquet’s coach Brett Hawke, on whether anyone can beat his former protegé César Cielo in the 50 freestyle:

    Peter Busch: “On the 50 side, can you see anyone touching Cielo right now?”
    Brett Hawke: “No. Not really. If I’m going to be honest, Cesar is built for that race and he loves that race, and to win that race with all the nonsense that was going on in the lead up to the World Championships… I was really proud to see him win that…”
    Peter Busch: “Do you ever miss training him?”
    Brett Hawke: “Absolutely, it was a great time in my life training him.”

    Read more about this and opinions on the Speed Endurance Swimming Blog


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