Another great international event in my city La Paz Mexico. William 'Spanky' Gibson, Vito Bialla, Gordon Clute, Matthew Davie, Dave Holscher, John Mathews, JC Sheppard, Scott Stiteler and Emily Young the Night...
Of the 700 swimmers who took part in a race Sunday off Cronulla beach in Sydney, Australia, very few realized that they were swimming with sharks. One hammerhead was spotted near the racers, and another smaller...
As part of a New Years Day tradition across the United States and Canada, thousands of people will be battling their hangovers to plunge into icy waters, swim out to a designated point, and then swim back to the...
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" BERLIN - The LZR Racer has triggered a wave of world records in the pool. Now German swimmers say they could be clad in an even better high-tech suit at the Beijing Olympics.Adidas developed a new suit after...
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" By Josh Ward A number of German bathers in Berlin's Schlachtensee lake have been bitten by what is believed to be a giant catfish. Many are now apprehensive about escaping the summer heat with a dip.After...
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In Sweden sexuality as the new political weapon of choice"STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A group of Swedish women is making waves by taking their tops off at public swimming pools in a protest against what they call gender-biased rules on swim wear.
About 40 women have joined the...
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.... to go back into the water! Well, in this case, the water was the best place for this stranded, young shark. A Coney Island lifeguard, Marisu Mironescu, 39, spotted the two foot sand...
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Unlike normal jellyfish, which drift in the ocean current, box jellyfish are active swimmers that can rapidly make 180-degree turns and deftly dart between objects. Scientists suspect that box jellyfish are such agile because one set of their 24 eyes detects objects that get...
I was jogging on the beach yesterday afternoon and noticed that the conditions were a lot better for swimming compared with the previous couple of days.I do remember a few days back seeing police talking to some...
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"Nomura's jellyfish Japan
They look more like something out of Doctor Who than the jellyfish seen in European waters. But since last year Japan's coastline was invaded by the massive sea creatures which can grow...
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""I just wouldn't get that close as a rule, unless they're used to seeing divers like the ones in Stingray City in the Cayman Islands," a tourist destination with a trained staff, said Borek, a Medway resident. Fishermen used to go to the area to clean their catch, which...
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CLEARWATER BEACH - Michael Pitcher saw the storm rolling onto Clearwater Beach Saturday evening. Heavy rain fell. Lightning quivered from the clouds.
Pitcher and his girlfriend sought safety under a pier. They looked into the water and saw about 20 swimmers.
"All...
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