Natalie Coughlin attacking the backstroke.

With her fifth appearance in the FINA World Championship, Natalie Coughlin returned home with a Gold, Silver and Bronze.  Although she wasn’t fully satisfied with her performance, it was a great marker to focus in on what she needs to work on during training over the next year before the 2012 Olympics.

Slater Trout had a busy summer, finishing second in both the Hennessey’s and Catalina races.  During the SUP Magazine awards, he was more than happy to be awarded as the third best male paddler.

A few months after being featured on the cover of Triathlete Magazine, Laura Bennett won the 2011 Buffalo ITU Pan American Cup, making this her third national title.  Greg Bennett finished third in the Life Time Minneapolis Triathlon on July 9th and 11th in the Los Angeles Triathlon on September 26th.

Craig Alexander won the Marine Corp World Championship in Las Vegas on September 11th.  In Kona, Alexander again didn’t disappoint, setting a new course record and becoming one of four men to win the race three times or more.  On top of all that, he became the first man to win both the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 world championship in the same year!

Each time we cross a milestone number of Facebook fans, we like to celebrate, welcome the new comers and generally have a good time!  And nothing says fun like free stuff!  From 9am to 5pm PST today  (Thursday, October 20th) make sure to check into our Facebook page to join in the fun of  photo contests, special discounts, games and giveaways.  It’s a day for us to give back to you, all 10,000 + of our favorite fans!

If you thought our 5K party was huge...just wait until the Facebook 10K!

We just crossed over 10,000 fans on Facebook!!  We couldn’t let such a momentous accomplishment pass by without some sort of recognition, so we’re throwing a party!  On Thursday, October 20th, the Facebook 10k party is going down.  Check into our Facebook page between the hours of 9am and 5pm PST for contests, games and of course giveaways.  Grab your friends, dust of your waterproof party hat and get ready to celebrate, Facebook style, ’cause this is going to be one Thursday you’re gonna wanna be on-line.

Have you been to www.h2oaudio.com lately?  We just launched a new website!

Check it out, click around and tell us what you think.

Can you imagine being in the pool and being able to hear how you’re performing as well as getting direct feedback from your coach without having to stop at the end of the lane?  This scenario is now a reality thanks for a company called Avidasports.   They’ve integrated our Surge 2G waterproof headphone technology into swim feedback systems, to allow coaches to communicate to their swimmers while they’re on the move in the pool.

You can find out more about Avidasports and how you can get your hands on their technology through their website.