By Richard K. Noots You read that title correctly, Bailey Matthews is just barely 8-years-old and he just completed his latest triathlon. That’s right, his latest one. As in he does this regularly. I just ate my latest doughnut for the day and I’m almost thirty. This kid is completely ridiculous. The race consisted of 100 meter lake swim, a 4,000 meter…
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One Lifeguard’s Tragic Story Inspired Him to Save as Many Lives as Possible
By Richard K. Noots A life guard known only as ‘Terry’ experienced something no parent should: The death of his son. Due to an unfortunate complication during the birthing process his son was left without breath for ten minutes. Terry’s son didn’t make it and ever since then he decided to save as many lives as…
Men, Would You Wear This Swimwear? You Won’t Believe What Your Parents Wore!
By Richard K. Noots Apparently, men’s swimwear never changed too much throughout the ages. Sure, in the 1915s and and stuff it gave more coverage, but once it become short shorts it was pretty much a lost cause, wasn’t it? It just sort of begs the question that aside from support, what are clothes good for? We…
Did You Know Owls Could Swim? You Do Now
By Richard K. Noots Apparently in Lake Michigan sometime recently, some bird-watchers happened to notice some Falcons picking on a local owl who dove into the lake for hiding purposes. The Bird-watchers chased away the falcons and also happened to notice that the owl was doing quite fine! The owl was breaststroking like it was…
Feel Like Swimming For Your Life? Visit Australia!
By Richard K. Noots Darwin City, Australia has an interesting tourist attraction at a place called Crocosaurus Cove. While most people would simply be content to just sit idly by and watch crocodiles swim by from hundreds of feet away, this place will let you be close enough to count their teeth. Sure, You’re in…
You Don’t Need Eyes for a Roadtrip … Just Heart
By Richard K. Noots Two brothers suffering from a degenerative eye disease known as Choroideremia named Justin and Tod Purvis have decided to take life by the proverbial horns. Their mutually shared disease began during childhood, and it slowly makes the sufferer blind as they grow into adulthood. Not wanting to miss out on the…
