Saturday, 28 May 2011

Aaron Piersol Continued

When 3 time Olympian Aaron Piersol is not training or prepping for competition, we see him hit the beach. He surfs it up weather it's surfing or body surfing. Now that he has retired he can visit some of his favourite spots more often such as the Wedge in Newport Beach, California., for body surfing, and a small beach in Nosara, Costa Rica for surfing.






In this image we see Aaron enjoying the wave of Hawaii's north shore one of his favorite waves too.
Many people ask why do we swim here we see Aaron answers it perfectly;" swimming is more than just up and down, back and forth, in a pool, looking down at that black stripe.
Swimming is about water, and our planet is water, and water is life itself.
Here is something ells I agree with : 
“If I could get each swimmer on the (U.S.) national team one thing,” Aaron was saying the other day, “it would be a pair of body-surfing fins.
“Get out there and have fun. Don’t lose perspective on why you do this.”
 But for me it would be a surf board.
All together Aaron is said to be quite a laid back type of guy with a great sense for what he wants in his life.
 He has turned out be a very successful man in whatever he set his mind too.

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Aaron Piersol

Personal Information.

Full name Aaron Wells Peirsol
Nickname(s) Pinesol
Country USA
Stroke(s) Backstroke
Club Longhorn Aquatics
College team University of Texas
Date of birth July 23, 1983 (1983-07-23) (age 27)
Place of birth Irvine, California
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
















Aaron Piersol is one of the worlds greatest backstroke technicians. Aron Piersol qualified for his first Olympics at the startling age of seventeen where he positioned second in the US Olympic trials. He went on to the 2000 Sydney Olympic games where he managed to grab fourth place! In the 2002 FINA World Championships (25m) he went on to break his first world record in the 200m backstroke, he has gone on to improve his world marks throughout his career. He currently holds world records in the 100m and 200m backstroke, and the 4X100m medley relay. This great swimmer has announced his retirement and states,"I have achieved all that I have set out to achieve." He is a swimmer that will be missed in the pool for his phenomenal swims.
I personally enjoyed his swimming and tried to learn from his success. More will be discussed on this great swimmer in the near future.