Year: 2012
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Whale jumps on boat, boat cannot handle it
This is from back in 2010, when a couple on a yacht off the coast of South Africa had a really close encounter with a southern right whale. Suddenly the 60-ton whale jumped out of the water and crashed onto the boat. Read NYDailyNews via bleacher report’s “20 most unimaginable flukes of nature in sports”
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Berkeley Prep assistant swim coach charged with child porn
52-year-old assistant coach Jay Elliott Goldstein of the Berkeley Preparatory School swim team has been charged with 100 counts of possession of child pornography, after police found numerous videos of children 12 and younger engaged in sexual activities on his home computer. Detectives had discovered Goldstein on the internet trying to download child pornography, Goldstein…
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Ohio landlord wants commission to reconsider ruling on ‘white only’ sign, gets on CNN
Sigh, the Ohio landlord mentioned in December still insists that her “Public swimming pool, white only” sign is just a historical antique. She therefore wants the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to reverse its ruling from last year that it violates the Ohio Civil Rights Act by “restricting the social contact between Caucasians and African Americans…
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Magnus from Berns demonstrating “the dryland breaststroke turn”
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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Surfing version of a skateboard half-pipe planned for San Clemente
Surf N Turf San Clemente is the name of an 18-hole miniature golf course, a restaurant and a 75,000-gallon one-of-a-kind wave pool featuring sloping walls and sheets of gushing water that can be fine-tuned to support different skill levels and riding styles. “It’ll be the first real water half-pipe”, said Aaron McIntosh, a partner in…
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Swim official gets 10+ years for attempting online enticement of a minor
Ernest Harvey Shepherd from Augusta, Georgia thought he was communicating with a 14-year-old girl when he was suggesting “skinny-dipping and lunch”, offering to bring wine coolers and to go to an Econo Lodge, before the FBI Cyber Crimes Child Exploitation Task Force finally busted him upon arrival at a prearranged location to engage in sexual acts…
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9 awesome hotel pools, including a shark tank water slide
Nice list here on TravelSupermarket, via Neatorama. Marina Bay Sands in Singapore is there, of course, with its pool stretching across the skyscrapers, and Bláa Lónið (the Blue Lagoon) in Iceland. But the one taking the price is Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, with its water slide going through a shark tank.
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Ian Thorpe’s former coach Tracey Menzies also thinks he’s left it a little late
Menzies said yesterday she did not want to second-guess her former pupil and did not have any knowledge of his training regimen under respected coach Gennadi Touretski. But she had been surprised that he had made the decision to come back to a very different swimming landscape so late. Read The Sydney Morning Herald, via…
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The Danish London Olympics 2012 collection is ready
The Danish Olympic Committee announced its London 2012 collection earlier this week, including formal clothing, sports wear and ‘Denmark wear’ developed by designers of official partner Bestseller’s fashion brands Jack & Jones and Vero Moda. The keen eye can pick out Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke Møller in the track suit group shot from around 1:26,…