#synchro swim

[celebrationgeneration]

Here's the synchro swimsuit I made earlier today. This one is going to Hong Kong! www.queenofspandex.net

[celebrationgeneration]

Behold! The most technically difficult, headache inducing, sanity-killing #Synchro swimsuit* I’ve ever made!

This suit has three different kinds of red making up the flame design, cut into about a million little pieces and painstakingly fit together and sewn.

* Well, swimsuitS, plural - part of the madness was replicating the whole thing so that the two suits were identical (aside from the skin tone)

See more of my work at www.queenofspandex.net

[dj-zenn]

A Song A Day #12 - I remember Echo Beach by Martha & The Muffins very well. It was a huge tune for some of my friends and me in college. I can’t say I remember  Black Stations/White Stations at all. It could be it has just slipped through the cracks in time. I only discovered it through this edit/remix by Lexx. He’s toughened up the beats and brought the bass more upfront. Love the bass and horns in this. He’s chopped up the chorus so it’s no longer clearly dated as being from 1984. I have checked out the original and like it but this is even better.

[tert-butoxide]

Leaving for a synchro training camp tomorrow and these are my thoughts because fuck sleep right? Fuck my splits won't be anywhere near flat Can I even still hold a vertical? The coaches are going to kill me What if I'm the worst swimmer there? *gets up in the middle of the night and stretches* splits should be flat now *tries to sleep* what about my lung capacity? Can I even hold my breath? My cardio sucks

[totalsynchromove]

31 Things That Will Happen At Age Group Nationals

1. Packing tons of clothes even though you will just wear bathing suits the whole time

2. Lying to airport security about what kind of sport you do

Um yes we are a skydiving team heading to the national skydiving championship.

3. Treating the chaperone like your mom

4. Taking hundreds and hundreds of photos

5. Packing tons of snacks for the pool and eating them all in the hotel

6. Putting up signs and decorations on your hotel room door

7. Walking into the pool deck for the first time like you own the place

8. Team cheers before each routine

9.  The adrenaline rush you get while walking out for your routines

10. The USA Synchro clothing and gear table

11. Seeing your friends from teams across the country

12. Swimming in an outdoor pool when you practice indoors

13. Being amazed by the fact that the facility has 4 pools, 2 diving wells, and like 3 hot tubs 

14. Pre-competition nerves

15. Team hugs after you get your prelims score

16. Going out in public with gel in your hair and seeing boys

17. Making it to finals

18. When figures take forever

19. Dodging your coach after you messed up a figure

20. The post-figures nap

21. Lining up for the Parade of Athletes

22. Pep talks from the coach before your last swim

23. The crowd going crazy during finals

24. The moment you realize it's the seniors' last nationals

25. Getting your awards

26. Seeing how ridiculous you look in every routine picture

27. Going out with your team wearing matching outfits

28. The first thing you do after you're done competing

29. When your coaches tell you they're proud of you

30. Making memories with your closest friends that will last you a lifetime

31. Going home and sleeping for days because you just competed at the largest synchronized swimming competition in the world

Good luck to everyone competing at the 2014 eSynchro Age Group Nationals and congrats to all of the seniors!!

[synchroworld]

When my coach tells me I need to get to the other side of the pattern in team

[synchroaddict]

Mary Killmans interview with CNN

Click Here.

[synchroaddict]

Happy National Synchronized Swimming Week!!!