3 Orlando Options for Swim Lessons

3 Orlando Options for Swim Lessons As the weather warms up in Orlando, many are starting to feel the itch to get back in their swimming pool. And as swim season approaches, there’s a new batch of kids ready to learn to swim. Swim lessons are not only fun for children, they are also crucial when Read More

Lake Nona water polo making strides

Lake Nona water polo making strides Almost every member of Lake Nona‘s boys and girls water polo teams didn’t know the ball was yellow two years ago. Most of them couldn’t swim and two of them were cheerleaders — Hope Davis and Taylor Bullock — before trying out for the team. Now the second-year Lions program Read More

Lake Nona’s Kirchgassner Reaches Milestone

Lake Nona’s Kirchgassner Reaches Milestone Lake Nona’s George Kirchgassner, the baseball coaching icon, after two long weeks of waiting, watching and competing without winning, got career coaching victory no. 619 pushing him one game past another coaching legend in Sonny Wise as Orange County’s most prolific baseball coach. It took extra innings for Lake Nona Read More

DIY Hula Hoop Pool Warmers

Looking to same money on your next electric bill? These sun-catching “lily pads” will help absorb that much-needed heat you’re looking for, and insulate your pool – perfect for screened in pools that are still about 10 degrees cooler than their unscreened friends. Make Magazine’s version of these pool warmers Read More

Water Dropping in Hot Tub

Water Dropping in Hot Tub This is a question we received via email, and it’s a very common question with usually a pretty simple fix. Question: Recent first-time pool owner. We have an inground gunite pool with an elevated spa. After my first DE filter backwash the water level in the spa began to decrease Read More

The SwimFin Swimming Pool Toy

The SwimFin Swimming Pool Toy The SwimFin looks like a great swimming pool toy, but it might be much, much more. The SwimFin is a strap-on float the looks like a shark fin (its design precludes it from being a safety device, I recommend it only be used under supervision). Besides the fun of becoming Read More

Are Phosphates Really a Problem?

Are Phosphates Really a Problem? “Phosphates” is a trendy word in the pool industry these days. Some pool companies argue that this is the new buzz word, and it’s pointless to be concerned, but many realize that treating for phosphates in a pool is an important step in proper water chemistry. In a pool that Read More

Lake Nona: Houses, hotels next to come near Medical City

Lake Nona: Houses, hotels next to come near Medical City Not every community could pull off naming its streets for Nobel laureates. But that is what Lake Nona plans to do with Laureate Park —– the first community being built to complement the giant development’s Medical City cluster of hospitals and bioscience-research laboratories. Styled like Orlando’s neotraditional Baldwin Park neighborhood, Read More

2011 Orlando Pool Show – Disappointing

2011 Orlando Pool Show – Disappointing We promised big things from the Orlando Pool & Spa show this year, but sadly, it seemed like a slimmed down version of last year’s show. If you don’t remember last year’s show, here’s a video refresher… We were late to register for the show this year, so we ended Read More

Orlando Pool & Spa Show – Join Us Tomorrow!

Orlando Pool & Spa Show – Join Us Tomorrow! It’s that time of year again. The Orlando Pool & Spa Show is back in town, and we’ll be attending today and Saturday. We have continuing education classes in the morning, but we’ll be waiting at the show floor doors when they open. Our plan is to live-blog from the Read More
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