Category Archives: Can you do this?

Charlie Houchin 400m kick

Posted on March 10, 2012 by rokur

That boy’s got an outboard motor for legs, splits 34.23 – 37.40 – 38.09 – 37.14 – 36.87 – 37.57 – 37.87 – 37.68 = 4:56.88 (pffft, no kick in the end ;-). Norway’s Gard Kvale predicts him to be … Continue reading →

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Behold, Langton’s 62″ standing box jump

Posted on February 27, 2012 by rokur

This is no swimmer, but 6’2″, 230 lbs ‘Super’ Steve Langton, brakeman on the US gold winning bobsled team. 62 inches is 157,48 centimeters to us metric guys. Dailyhouse via GoSwim on Twitter

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Can you do this ? – SuSvim building upon the group pushups

Posted on January 19, 2012 by rokur

Wow, a 4-man pushup with lift-off exercise, a 4-girl endurance session and … a, ehm, human pushup centipede ? (If you look closely, you’ll notice that the front man in the first exercise is Pál Joensen)

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Epic 6 pass trick shot in a swimming pool

Posted on January 15, 2012 by rokur

They are a youth group called The Living Room, and they obviously know that they are good! Even plan to build wells in Mozambique with www.hungerstrike.org, if this YouTube video of theirs earns any money.

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SuSvim responds to Berns’ taunt: “Yes we can”

Posted on January 14, 2012 by rokur

“… and then some”. See original Berns taunts here and here.

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Can you do this? Wolles the one-man TV crew

Posted on January 14, 2012 by rokur

Faroese freelancer Ólavur Wolles producing a segment ‘on-the-fly’ for our national TV channel, working the camera, lights and sound while interviewing two youngsters simultaneously. Here’s the result – I feature also, sorry about that ! :-) (Thanks Bartal for your … Continue reading →

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Magnus from Berns demonstrating “the dryland breaststroke turn”

Posted on January 12, 2012 by rokur

17-year-old Magnus Larson from the Danish island of Bornholm demonstrating “the dryland breaststroke turn”, as part of the ongoing ‘Can you do this?’ battle between Berns and SuSvim.

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Berns answers the SuSvim “can you do this” taunt

Posted on January 11, 2012 by rokur

There is a (friendly) verbal battle going on on Facebook between René Thomsen headcoach of Berns in Denmark and Jón Bjarnason headcoach of SuSvim on the Faroe Isles. Now René answers with Jón’s “Can you do this?” video series with … Continue reading →

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More crazy pushup (and pullup) fun from Vági

Posted on January 7, 2012 by rokur

Some youngsters from Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur, Faroe Islands strutting their stuff. I don’t know how ‘perfect’ their form is at times, but they’ve sure got the energy! That last Berns vs SuSvim face-off thing is an internal joke, I … Continue reading →

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More pushup fun from Vágur

Posted on December 31, 2011 by rokur

This time Høgni Simonsen and Pál Joensen’s kid brother Eyðbjørn Joensen.

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