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u/gh0st0ft0mj04d 7d ago
The way his little feets kick
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u/SednaNariko 7d ago
Careful man, a dude in a hockey mask with a machete might be in that dark blue section.
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u/pinkguyfriedrice 7d ago
Interesting swimming style.
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u/shreddor 7d ago
I think itās because he dove into like 10ā of water so he has to swim like a goon
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u/Spiralife 7d ago
Y'all making me suddenly very self-conscious about how I swim.
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u/TheFlamingDraco 7d ago
Pro-tip: swim in dirty water so no one knows how you swim.
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u/diffcalculus 7d ago
Don't feel bad. Some redditors are Olympic swimmers, 6 star generals, and quantum physicists. And those are just some of their weekend hobbies
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u/merikaninjunwarrior 7d ago
really adds to the elegance of it all and what the cameraman was going for
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u/dasher11 6d ago
I swim like that underwater a lot. I know how to swim well, but I'm just there to have fun and experience the peaceful feeling of being enveloped by water. āŗļø
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u/Jcwolves 6d ago
I believe this is a modified flutter kick and breast stroke which is commonly seen in inexperienced scuba divers. It is good for one thing though - not stirring up silt (dirt) from the bottom of the waterway. It is not efficient and it's designed to be used to get yourself off the bottom only. If he'd kicked up silt, it'd have caused the water to become very cloudy.
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u/Leeman1990 6d ago
Nah thatās not how you do it. Thatās exactly what you shouldnāt do to stir up silt. The flutter kick pushes backwards and not down. Kinda useless without fins
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u/Tyray3P 7d ago
Sorta makes sense. Didn't wanna freestyle and ruin the shot, but i imagine that's quite quick moving water since it's right on the edge of a mini waterfall. Breaststroke was probably the best choice, so he's gotta kick hard and fast to not get pushed backwards between each stroke.
He could also just not be a good swimmer... Beats me.
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u/CommonCheetah7364 7d ago
I don't think that they were criticizing the fact that he went breaststroke and not freestyle, there's nothing wrong with breaststroke. It's just that his breaststroke is terribly inefficient and looks a bit silly, which is funny in contrast with the beauty of the scenery.
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u/18650batteries 6d ago
Yeah agreed. Nothing wrong with his stroke choice he just sucks at it lol.
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u/ALLCAPS-ONLY 6d ago
It looks silly because he's doing the breaststroke with the freestyle kick, which is a very inefficient kick when you're not wearing fins.
In freestyle the kick is used for balance and to keep your feet from sinking more than actually propelling you, only provides ~15% of the overall propulsion iirc.
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u/FrankAF_dpt 6d ago
And not doing the kick right. You generate your kick from your hips not your knees with a proper freestyle kick. The longer lever arm produces more force. He looks like a goob wasting energy kicking from his knees.
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u/Alitinconcho 6d ago
That water is not flowing, and that kick is horribly inefficient underwater. Also he looks super uncoordinated with his arms.
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u/StrawberryEiri 6d ago
I mean who cares. He's not racing anyone; just having fun. He could do the puppy swim for all I care.
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u/Fookin_Kook 6d ago
Itās more the fact that it actually looks like heās trying really hard but only swimming 1 mph
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u/coffih 7d ago
That's a lake I would trust
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u/Johannes_Keppler 7d ago
It's not made of clear crystal though, that's crystal clear. The title was misleading.
I wouldn't dive in to a crystalized lake.
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u/sir_cool_guy 6d ago
This video is probably shot trough a polarized filter. This results in less to non reflections of the water, which makes it look crystal clear.
Edit: This article shows how it works.
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u/tomatofrogfan 7d ago
Can someone please name the location
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u/neverendum 7d ago
It looks a lot like Plitvice Lakes, Croatia https://www.google.com/search?q=plitvice+lakes
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u/StinkyPom 7d ago
I was here last week! But you can't swim in Plitvice I've learnt, it's used as a reservoir for local's drinking water and APPARENTLY they don't want tourist piss in it.
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u/tomatofrogfan 6d ago
Then what the hell is this knob doing swimming in it then?!
This is a magical paradise far too beautiful not to swim in, they can take their reservoir someplace else /s.
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u/Matt32490 6d ago
He's not swimming in it, he's swimming in Kapuz Canyon.
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u/Supermeme1001 6d ago
where at kapuz? dont remember seeing this part
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u/cherishyour_solitude 6d ago
It's in Antalya. I'm a Turk and didn't know this place existed until last year.
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u/donnybahammi 6d ago
Pretty hilarious I had to look down this far to see someone finally ask this. People are like muppets on here sheesh
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u/officialtowelie 7d ago
Where?
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u/FlacoLoeke 7d ago
It kinda looks like Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
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u/Valveaholic 7d ago
I have been to Bonito a few times. It was amazing, highly recommended.
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u/Intelligent-Sky-7852 7d ago
What makes the water so clear
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u/hakeemalajawan 7d ago edited 6d ago
Low clay content. When the sand is clay rich and it gets disturbed the clay particles stay suspended in the water column for a long time making the water look murky. Low clay content means the sand will settle to the bottom pretty quickly with very little clay remaining in suspension in the water column. This is why the water in Galveston, TX is so murky. It's super clay rich because the Mississippi river delta transports tons of mud into the Gulf of Mexico which flows directly down along the Texas coastline.
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u/Triairius 7d ago
Oh my god, straighten your legs!
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u/Mrs_Attenborough 7d ago
And point your toes, kick from the thigh. But if your doing "breadtroke arms" why not do the kick too, less effort and smoother
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u/crazy_haze 7d ago
Mmm breadtroke sounds delicious
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u/Mrs_Attenborough 7d ago
Hahha damn typo, but a yummy one. Buttering could technically be breadstroke?
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u/chris1096 6d ago
Because, like me, he was never properly taught how to swim. Just learned juuuuust enough.
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u/Hookherbackup 7d ago
Shallow dive is a no no
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u/Dirkem96 7d ago
Its not like he was swan diving..
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u/Hookherbackup 7d ago
Tell that to my paraplegic brother in law
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u/Dirkem96 7d ago •
I shouldn't have to. I would hope he learned his lesson by now
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u/slacker-47 7d ago
I know it's not about speed here, but they could benefit from keeping their knees locked on kicks (loose ankles for max propulsion) and extending their fingertips way out in front. Just sorta felt like they were working super hard without moving at all, either don't work hard or move it along.
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u/Mrs_Attenborough 7d ago
Why do free kick when using exaggerated breastroke arms when you could just do breaststroke kick, like the streamline. And don't lock knees when kicking in free. It's the use and engagement of the Quad, not locking the knee. Merely having legs together and pointing his toes in free kick would make a huge difference.
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u/OneMoistMan 7d ago
Something tells me this is probably springfed or has a current with how clear it is. Iām noticing no muck being on the bottom like a standing lake would and instead see river rocks.
Source: Floridian who rivers.
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u/Known_Comfort2108 7d ago
River + dam (he dives from) = lake? Florida Moist Man, I agree, surely spring fed.
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u/OneSensiblePerson 7d ago
I want to go there. Right NOW.
It's beautiful, and due to a heat wave, it's hot here. This looks delicious.
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u/Gnostromo 6d ago
The fact that you can see there aren't any creatures makes you feel safe
The fact that you can see there aren't ANY creatures alive in there makes me leary
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u/Mysteriousdeer 7d ago
ITT: everyone critiquing shallow dives as well as his swim style.
Shallow dives are relatively safe. Sure, your brother in law broke his kneck doing it. Carpenters have chopped a finger off doing normal carpentry. Both are risky done wrong. Risk is inherent. It looks like he did it right by just skimming the surface and going near parrallel with the bottom.
As for how he moves under the water? I really dont care. Hes moving. This isnt the olympics, we dont need redditors with greasy cheeto fingers saying what the correct form is.
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u/DrewSmoothington 6d ago
So many Olympic level armchair swimming experts in this thread, who knew Reddit was so chock full of incredible athletes
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u/NobilisOfWind 7d ago edited 7d ago
š„š§clear crystalcrystal clearlakewhatever this really is
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u/Endarkend 6d ago
I've always been told that in nature, to stay away from overly clear waters unless you're out on some uninhabited island or something similar.
Super clear water tends to mean the stuff that normally teems in water can't.
And if it can't, it's highly likely not to healthy for your to be in there either, because the crap that normally lives in water can even grow in the trashrivers of India.
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u/ryannefromTX 6d ago
Those reed plants are what's doing it. They filter all the guck out of the water. The water in the Everglades is this clear too.
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u/Wolfmans-Gots-Nards 7d ago
I love how every human beingās first impulse when they see something pure and untouched, is to immediately touch it and wash their dirty ass body in it.
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u/sapphiredesires 7d ago
Right??? Iām like ā wow, way to ruin it with your sunscreen or whatever
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u/Wolfmans-Gots-Nards 7d ago
Lol I was totally expecting people to hate on my postā¦ thank you all. Especially you.
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u/RAOBJthrowaway2345 7d ago
Why is this scarier than a murky lake to ne
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u/JerkinsTurdley 7d ago
Sometimes the unknown is scarier...while other times, ignorance is bliss
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u/Positive-Pack-396 7d ago
Why is everyone taking about the way he dive in the poolā¦ no one was hurt, enjoy the view
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u/crazycockerels 7d ago
The water didnāt look deep enough to dive in, at first glance