“FLOT-stevnan 2013” managed to attract a record number of (gasp) 155 participants, which might very well be the largest number of swimmers at a Faroese swim meet ever. Don’t laugh, 155 is about 3 ‰ of the total Faroese population. I should have moved that ladder.
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rokur
Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)
Oh my oh my, we need this, read Engadget Azorean’s Ziphius is a partially submerged device that can be controlled via iOS or Android smartphone or tablet. There’s an on-board HD camera that offers up visuals to give the user a first-person view both above and below the water. Azorean plans to open the API on the vehicle and software to let developers create all manner of games and apps that’ll harness augmented reality. Inside of the drone, you’ll find a Raspberry Pi, an Ardunio-based plate and two differential motors. The company’s promising intuitive handling and even a bit of…
Sandpipers of Nevada, a USA Swimming Club based in Las Vegas, NV celebrate their 3rd consecutive Nevada State Swimming Championship win with the Harlem Shake.
“The Merritt Otters Swim Club having fun during winter maintenance.”
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Old school style, notice how the native doesn’t even bother having a rope on himself. (I don’t do this, it is for tourists and crazy people)
2012 Olympic Coach and University of Florida head coach Gregg Troy discusses the challenges of training Olympians and a nationally-ranked collegiate program at the same time. He also looks forward to 2016.
“A freedive to a depth of 60m (200 feet) and back in 60 seconds flat by William Trubridge.”
Read Inside Bay Area Cal swim coach Kristen Cunnane will share her inspiring tale of surviving child sex abuse in the Moraga school district in an hour-long show on the Oprah Winfrey Network on Tuesday. Cunnane, who’s story was profiled by this newspaper a year ago, will be featured on “Our America with Lisa Ling” at 10 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday on OWN. A physical education teacher was convicted of molesting Cunnane over a number of years and the Walnut Creek resident has sued the school district claiming she was abused by two teachers after administrators failed to report…
Denmark joins the party! Intro-dancer is 2012 Europeans 200 butterfly silver medalist Viktor Bromer, I’m pretty sure Mie Ø. Nielsen is in that bunch also, and big guy dancing most awesomely is their Icelandic coach ‘Leifi’.