PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to protect valuable monofins during air travel by safely storing them in the overhead compartment," said an inventor, from North ...

"At the end of the day this isn't just about a record," swimmer Merle Liivand told Guinness World Records Swimmer Merle Liivand has set a new record for the farthest swim while wearing a monofin. Now, ...

Merle Liivand, posing with outstretched arms, is a former Baltic States Champion in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke and also a member of the Estonian National Swim Team. She now makes her home in ...

June 8 (UPI) --A swimmer known as the "eco mermaid" broke a Guinness World Record by taking a 26.22-mile swim in the ocean while wearing a monofin. Merle Liivand, a swimmer and conservationist known ...

We've seen mermaid-type monofins before, and we've also seen so-called underwater scooters. A group of US/UK entrepreneurs has gone and combined the two, in the form of a monofin that gives swimmers ...

Michael Phelps is going to race a great white shark, and marine biologists are betting on the shark. The ultimate reason boils down to physics. To get a leg (or tail) up during Discovery Channel's ...

Mermaid enthusiasts are strapping on monofins and spandex tails and hitting the water. Fans around the world are taking classes to learn how to swim like a fish. Photo: EPA/Dennis M. Sabangan ...

The Little Mermaid famously sang “flipping your fins, you don’t get too far.” Apparently, she’s never seen Merle Liivand swim. Liivand, also known as “Eco Mermaid,” broke a Guinness World Record in ...

Phelps wore a monofin to help him swim through the water like a shark. — -- The most decorated Olympic athlete of all time competed against one of the world's top predators in the one thing both ...

The Broward County firefighter is the country's only competitive male monofin swimmer. On the surface of the water, he's only a ripple. But underwater, he's the image of power and grace. He can cross ...