swimming

As someone who is a huge animal lover, this video made me go awwww how cute. For someone to take the time to help out this little fish seems like something straight out of Finding Nemo!

Finland, like Minnesota and Wisconsin, experiences cold winters with quite a bit of snow. During those cold winter months, we do our best to enjoy the weather and even laugh in the face of extreme cold with events like the Polar Bear Plunge. The folks in Finland have another plunging and swimming cold weather event sure to give you a shiver.

Have a look at this dog in Mozambique, she does something I bet your dog doesn't do, Kira the black lab swims with wild dolphins!

Avoid looking ridiculously uncoordinated by the pool or at the beach this summer with the help of Matchbook.  Where "bikini's meet their match."  It's a Tumblr account dedicated to helping you find the right swimwear for what you're reading...

This video appears to be shot in 1953, I picture dad smoking a pipe and taping this scene with his new "high tech" 16mm film camera, well I'm glad that wise dad converted this video and found a new "high tech" thingy, YouTube.

I can remember some epic belly flops in my life and they are horrible, the wind gets knocked out of you, the stinging, the redness, it's like running into Alec Baldwin and trying to take his picture, ouch! Pre-season is over, it's time for prime time mega belly flop season! Get your belly skin and lungs prepared for the upcoming impacts with this compilation video from World Wide Interweb. Read Mo

Get your pails and imaginations ready!  The Parks and Recreation Department along with the Duluth YMCA has announced their Sand Modeling Contest will be held Thursday, July 19 at Park Point Beach starting at 11:00am. The Duluth YMCA has other fun activities such as a water balloon toss, hula hoop contest and face painting for youth and families from 11:00am-4:00pm at the Park Point Beach House...

The tourists visiting the Cape Cod this 4th of July week may want to stay out of the water, just like the town of Amity Island in the original 'Jaws' movie !

What an exciting time for 18-year-old Rachel Bootsma of Eden Prairie as she tries to improve her times in preparation for the Olympic Try outs for Team USA!

Having had this last week off I was able to enjoy the perfect summer weather in the Northland. I know, I really lucked out with the sun and warm temperatures....so instead of hiding out in the house in the A.C. we headed out to Park Point.

Summer may be here officially, but we all know that Twin Ports Summers come a little later than everyone else, but rest assured that sooner or later we'll be able to visit the great places to swim in the Twin Ports, see our top 5 after the jump.