Back in the day, I mostly associated swimming pools with playing Marco Polo, doing handstands, and, most importantly, pretending to be a mermaid. Nowadays, I mostly associate them with lap swim, which ...

Mermaiding, the artistic swimming activity in which people wear mermaid fins and tails, is growing in popularity around the world. The activity has led to the formation of mermaid swim schools, groups ...

Matthew Quijano has been in the mermaid industry for over 10 years. His company, MerrowFins, builds custom mermaid tails for models, hobbyists, performers, music videos, and event companies. Creating ...

MOSES LAKE — There’s just something about mermaids — little girls love them, like they love princesses. Playing mermaid can get so realistic that girls can buy a tail. But — water being unforgiving — ...

OREM, Utah - Mermaid Tails made quite the splash as Christmas presents, but more and more are getting banned from public pools across Utah. “I was super bummed,” said Kolbe Bartholomew. She bought her ...

A Florida woman has been banned from swimming in her community's pool because she wants to wear a mermaid tail.Jenna Conti, who lives in the FishHawk Ranch subdivision, had been in the Aquatic Club ...

A few weeks ago an e-mail popped into the inboxes of the authors of this post inviting us to swim like a mermaid. We knew we had to accept, because how often in your life do you get to fulfill one of ...

There is blood in the water at the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center in Manassas, Virginia. Angela Murray Pavlovsky, 40, emerges from the pool with knuckles raw and red, having scraped them during a ...

Life might be better under the sea, but for us land dwellers, Benton Parks and Recreation will host its monthly Mermaid Experience from 6-7 p.m. Monday and Feb. 4 at the River Center. The Mermaid ...

If you've checked out the mermaid show at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, you know how special it is. For people who aren't aware of the shows, here's a quick breakdown: insanely athletic women put ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --A woman in England was banned from wearing her mermaid tail at a local pool after it was deemed a safety risk. Leia Trigger, who goes by the name Mermaid Aries, wore the 150 pound ...