Month: March 2013
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Huge wave crashes proposal, she says ‘yes’ anyway
“I had the most amazing/crazy proposal on the 21st! I was surprised by a song written by my fiancé. He sang it atop a rock surrounded by the ocean waters at Laguna beach. As soon as he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him, a HUGE wave completely engulfed us and…
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Swimming pool as physics classroom
See wbng “The kids have been preparing for about three weeks now for the Great Cardboard Race,” said middle school science teacher Deidra Bigelow, “And they’re very excited. We’ve been talking about buoyancy and floating and sinking in science class.”
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James Magnussen helped by mind guru at NRL’s Bulldogs
Read The Telegraph As the 100m freestyle world champion prepares to return to the pool following admissions of Stilnox use and childish behaviour, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal that Magnussen turned to the Bulldogs to help rekindle his career. Magnussen contacted the Bulldogs two months after his failed Olympic campaign, with Hasler telling him he…
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The surprise from Suriname – Anthony Nesty – Seoul 1988
“Anthony Nesty was brought up in a country whose population was a little over 350,000 and boasted just one 50-metre swimming pool. The lack of facilities and competition forced him to relocate to the United States where he trained at the University of Florida.” See Olympic on YouTube
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Michael Phelps Loses It On Golf Club
“Michael Phelps is use to winning effortlessly. So, attempting to take over a new sport that doesn’t come as easy to him as swimming, may cause a bit of frustration.” http://youtu.be/3Je6-ZSI5f4
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CC photo #434: The President taking a photo of swimmers underwater
A scene from the ‘swim day’ that the Faroese Swimming Federation arranged today in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands. The President putting his GoPro to good use, taking an underwater group photo of a batch of swimmers that had just been through a basic life saving course / swim test.
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Oh no, soccer is moving towards being an aquatic event
Via Deadspin “This footage, from a match between Ekibastuz and Almaty in Kazakhstan’s top league, has been making the rounds over the last day. Be it a due to a busted water main or a pitch tilted from the horizontal, give credit to the players for sloshing through adversity.”
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Freediving with Whale Shark | Thailand
“This is one of the rare freediving moments: a chance to stay close to the biggest fish on earth; the Whale Shark. I was very fortunate to be on the right place at the right time.” Freediving with Whale Shark | Thailand – Pure Diver from purediver on Vimeo.