Year: 2012
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CC photo #20: A final talk before the Jóansøku 2011 swim
Two guys having a final chat before the Jóansøku 2011 open water swim across the Tvøroyri firth in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. As you see, we are not following the open water rules strictly, when it comes to gloves and caps and snorkels etc. But then again, with the water temperature seldom over 7ºC (44.6ºF), it…
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Phew, missing statue of St Francis is found
The 3.5-ton underwater statue of Saint Francis of Paola has been found, that disappeared in December. A patrol boat spotted a small floating buoy some 200 metres from the place where the statue was originally located, members of the Paola Divers Unit were called, and found the statue tied to the buoy’s mooring line, possibly…
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Jody Fisher freediving with dolphins
Really nice video here, featuring Jody Fisher, world champion in the freediving ‘Dynamic No Fins’ category from the 2011 AIDA World Indoor Championships in Lignano, Italy.
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Axa commercial featuring Lotte Friis
It is her first television commercial, she says on Facebook. Axa is a Lantmännen brand of breakfast products, here promoting their oatmeal flakes in particular.
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Can you do this ? – SuSvim building upon the group pushups
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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Free Style (a documentary)
A story about a boy who loved to swim. Not the final draft of the film, will replace once it is ready, see Vimeo. Free Style (a documentary) from Evan Glaser on Vimeo.
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“Swim.Dive.Win”
A community spotlight on the 2009 Brookline High School Girl’s Swim Team. “Swim.Dive.Win” from More Than Meets The Iris on Vimeo.
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CC photo #19: Lucky girl gets to lead Der Paul et al past the Rijeka 2008 audience
That Croatian girl seems pretty happy with her job, leading Mads Glæsner, Paul Biedermann and Massimiliano Rosolino (in that order) past photographers and audience after the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course men’s 400 freestyle medal ceremony. And yes, I must stress that she did wear clothes :-P
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Bryan Woodward only one of 40 arrested in week-long internet sex sting
They called it Operation Red Cheeks, the week-long, multi-agency operation that resulted in the arrest of 40 suspects in Osceola County, including Gator Swim Club head coach Bryan Allen Woodward, pro Senior PGA Tour golfer Stephen W. Thomas, U.S. Army Reserve Shane D. Cousins and teacher Alexander Roy. Read more and see news segment here…