INTOUCH Magazine

Pool Posse

Water-loving Members share how the Sky Pool Pass offers much more than a chance to perfect their stroke.

Bad knees, two reconstructed shoulders and three open-heart surgeries can’t keep Member David Richardson out of the water.

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A Life in the Fast Lane

Member Brent Barnes recounts his aquatic journey from Kansas toddler to Kyushu record-breaker.

Brent Barnes first made a splash at 3 years old.

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Pool Passion

One young Member shares how joining the Club swim team opened up new lanes of fun.

Barely 15 minutes after wrapping up a 90-minute training session with the Club’s swim team at the Sky Pool, 10-year-old Member Axl Kort is back in the water, diligently swimming laps.

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Making Waves

Club governor and former college swimmer Nils Plett talks sibling rivalry and Olympic dreams.

Member Nils Plett grew up in a competitive household. As the youngest of three brothers, he was forever looking to better his siblings.

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Strait into the Record Books

While most visitors to Hokkaido travel by train or plane, one young Member decided to swim there.

As the thunder clapped and the rain poured down, Member Tariq Qazi wondered if the moment he’d spent nearly five years preparing for would ever happen.

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Stroke by Stroke

One young Member’s journey from aquaphobe to water bug has seen him progress both in the Sky Pool and on dry land.

Poised on the edge of the Sky Pool, Isaku Takagi has the same thoughts he had before his first swim lesson three years ago. The 13-year-old worries if he’s fast enough, particularly with all the people watching.