Coastal challenge workout courtesy of WOWSA in Huntington Beach, California. Some swimmers get seasick in rough water conditions. Some swimmers swallow water when the water gets bumpy. Turbulence, waves, swells and surface chop can wreck havoc on a swimmer, especially when they are not acclimated to difficult conditions. When they practice in a pool and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the coolest things in open water swimming is finishing a swim by catching a towering ocean swell, skimming down its face, and bodysurfing to shore. There is a thrill in sprinting to be picked up by the energy of the wave, being thrush forward by its motion, falling forward as the wave breaks, and
Gever Tulley is the founder of the Tinkering School. He explained in his TED Talk [see below] five dangerous things you should let your kids do and describes why a little danger and these fiver things are ultimately good for both kids and grownups: 1. Play with fire.2. Own a pocket knife.3. Throw a spear.4. Deconstruct appliances.5. Break the Digital
With the world covered with water and the world so dominated by oceans (Antarctic or Southern, Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific), do we have one ocean or different oceans? Prior to 2000, the world's geographers defined only four oceans (Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific), but in 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization announced the fifth
