Stunt swimming
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Stunt swimming and trick swimming is swimming beyond using the traditional strokes and is usually performed for entertainment or for publicity. Synchronized swimming
was one of the stunt swimming techniques that went on to become its own recognized style.
Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
was one of the stunt swimming techniques that went on to become its own recognized style.
Examples
- Jack LaLanneJack LaLanneFrancois Henri "Jack" LaLanne was an American fitness, exercise, and nutritional expert and motivational speaker who is sometimes called "the godfather of fitness" and the "first fitness superhero." He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15...
, performs a stunt swim on his birthday as a publicity stunt. For his 70th birthday in 1984 he pulled 70 rowboats.