Month: August 2014
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Human Water Catapult – 55 Foot Launch In 4k
Huge thanks to our friends at Boardco for making this video happen, without them it would not have been possible! Boardco specializes in everything water sports related! Courtesy of devinsupertramp on YouTube
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FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup Dubai 2014 Promo
August 31 – September 1 at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai, see FINA
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Ye Shiwen enrolls in top China college
China’s two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ye Shiwen has a new title: College freshman. The 2012 London Games champion in the women’s 200- and 400-metre medleys registered this week at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University under a government program waiving the grueling entrance exam for outstanding athletes. The 18-year-old Ye told local media she plans to…
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Ross Murdoch traces boy who wrote him ‘amazing’ fan letter
A five-year-old boy who wrote an “amazing” fan letter to Scottish Commonwealth swimming champion Ross Murdoch has been traced. Brian Fitzpatrick’s note reached the swimmer despite being addressed simply to “Ross Murdoch, Commonwealth Champion, Balloch”. The 200m Breaststroke gold medal winner asked Twitter users to help him get back in touch with the youngster. Ross…
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Doggy Daycare in Michigan Throws Pool Party for Their Canine Clients
Our Lucky Puppies Delight in Swimming Pool Pawty
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Italian explorer plans to live on an iceberg for up to a year
Italian explorer Alex Bellini has conceived an extraordinary plan to live alone on a drifting iceberg in northwest Greenland for up to a year, or until it melts away – whichever happens first. He aims to stay alive during this time in a tiny survival pod, and hopes his experience will encourage further discourse on…
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Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:20.83 and New 400 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Doha tonight, Hungary’s “Iron Lady” clipped the short course world record, clocking 4:20.83 in the 400 meters individual medley where her own world record from the Berlin leg of the 2013 World Cup series was 2:20.85. In the 100 meter IM later in the session, she was…
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High-Speed Canyon Jet Ski – Lake Powell
California Polytechnic State University student Christian Yellott recently captured some first-personGoPro footage of a fast jet ski trip through Mountain Sheep Canyon on Lake Powell in Arizona that bears more than a passing resemblance to a video game. Via Laughing Squid
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Grouper eats 4ft shark in one bite
Goliath grouper eating a black tip shark in one bite off the coast of Bonita Springs Florida. August 2014. Courtesy of Gimbb14 on YouTube