The Swimmer By Simon Banthorpe
The Swimmer is a short film edited, narrated, scored and produced by Simon Banthorpe.
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Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge: The Goal, The Men, The Cause
Antarctic Circle Ice Challenge: The Goal, The Men, The Cause Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. In 1913, the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton ran the recruitment ad shown above. 101 years after this ad, South Africans Toks Viviers, Andrew Chin, Ryan Stramrood, Kieron Palframan, Gavin Pike and Ram Barkai have figuratively signed up. “Some
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High Fives All Around For DRIVEN
Julian Rusinek, a channel swimmer from California, talks about the documentary film DRIVEN: “DRIVEN penetrated directly into my strongest childhood memories. I wasn’t watching a movie about swimming, I was being told a story. Rarely do we see a movie that is larger than the screen itself. DRIVEN by far was one of those movies
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Oh That Has Got To Hurt!
Adam Walker has put in the miles. Adam Walker has put in the hours. Adam Walker has felt the pain. And he has also felt the joy, the excitement and the self-satisfaction of open water swimming. And he wants to share both aspects of the world with his Ocean Water Swim Camps But he will
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Swimming An Ultra Marathon In Place
Australian Chloë McCardel will begin a 16-hour indoor swim in a swim spa at the SPASA Pool & Spa and Outdoor Living Expo in Melbourne on midnight January 31st. If successful, McCardel will swim the equivalent of one and a half crossings of the English Channel while swimming in place. Swimming into a series of
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2014 FINA Approved Swimsuit List
FINA has posted its list of approved swimsuits for competitions in calendar year 2014. The complete list of approved suits are found here. FINA approved swimwear must to be used at FINA events and qualification events for FINA Championships, the Olympic Games and FINA-sanctioned international events. Events at the national level must follow the rules
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Dylan Dunlop-Barrett vs. Kane Radford Redux In A Classic
He not might be an open water swimming specialist, but he sure can imitate one. When the elite athlete run into the water at Sunday’s State Capital Classic, 2012 London Olympian Dylan Dunlop-Barrett (shown above) will be a strong contender. The 22-year-old heads into the 3.3 km race as one of the main men after
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Emma Robinson And Grace Somerville Face Off Again
With the top 4 point leaders not competing in this weekend’s State Capital Classic in New Zealand, the 3.3 km race is set to be a battle between New Zealand’s two best up-and-coming long-distance freestyle specialists. 18-year-old Wellingtonian Emma Robinson (shown above in orange cap) who represented New Zealand at last year’s FINA World Championships
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Salvatore Cimmino Breaking Barriers On The World’s Stage
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Salvatore Cimmino has swum around the world on his unique Swimming in the Seas of the Globe (A Nuoto nei Mari del Globo). He has swum 17 km across Lake Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) in Israel, 21 km across Trieste/Koper in Italy/Slovenia, 42 km down the Rio Paranà
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Swimming All Day. Nadine’s Passion In Life
Nadine Day is the personable president of U.S. Masters Swimming. While she is an able administrator and world record holder in masters swimming and multi-time world champion and national champion in the pool, she is truly fluid and graceful in the open water. This grace in the ocean is not surprising given the fact that
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