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Appareltly: Volcom
The skate, surf, and swimwear brand is the first featured brand in our Appareltly series.
Why are Olympic swimming pools so fast?
Slight variations in water temperature or pool structure could be the difference between a podium finish or 4th place or missing out on a world record.
Black diversity in swimming: improvements needed
Black swimmers like Alice Dearing and Simone Manuel shouldn’t be the modern anomalies.
Outdoor swimming gained popularity during lockdown – but why?
There were some long-lasting upsides to the lockdown after all.
Shout out to Alice Dearing, the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics
Alice is 1 of only 3 Black British swimmers of any sex or gender to achieve this.
Cullen Jones on world records, diversity in swimming, and other sports
From nearly drowning as a child to Olympic gold, Cullen Jones has been through a hell of a lot to get to where he is today.
Native Hawai‘ians never stopped surfing
Did White people revive surfing? A professor from Springfield, Missouri suggests otherwise.