Month: February 2012
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Matthew Smyth talks about freediving, yoga and meditation
Matt Smyth of the Freediving center “Apneista” in Amed/Bali, explains what freediving, yoga and meditation have in common and how they can improve our lifes.
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Oklahoma Swimming hosts swim clinic for Native Americans
On Jan. 21, 2012 Oklahoma Swimming held a clinic for Native Americans interested in swimming.
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Frozen sea creaks like if some monster was pushing it
Via Buzzfeed, the sound of frozen sea being pushed against the shore in Odessa, Ukraine.
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BIOTOP Natural Pools use plants instead of chlorine to keep water safe
Wow, interesting (and literally very ‘green’), an Austrian company called Biotop Natural Pool uses plants to create an ecosystem where the pool is teaming with life. Pool designs have separate swimming and plant-growing areas of equal size. The plants eat the algae, which would otherwise take over. Via Mike Elgan on Google+
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CC photo #41: Geoff Huegill signing autographs in Stockholm
The kids have this fun tradition at the Stockholm leg of the FINA World Cup Tour, ‘fishing’ with their autographs books from the balcony. Here they’ve caught Geoff Huegill, gold winner in the 50 meter butterfly that year (2011).
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Crazy Norwegian ice skater is back (and on thin ice)
Last year’s video was, ehm, ‘interesting’, but now it is going too far, me thinks.
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Michael Phelps has slept at 8,000 feet for almost a year
According to the Washington Post 16-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps said Wednesday he had been sleeping “at 8,000 feet every night†for almost a year, after noticing he bounced back from workouts better when he trained at altitude, and therefore trying a device that simulates that. “We’ve been able to realize after going to Colorado…