Author: rokur
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Trubridge dives to 125m but fails surface protocol
New Zealand’s William Trubridge Wednesday managed a 125 meter (410 feet) ‘constant weight’ freedive, but then failed the official surface protocol that state that within 15 seconds the freediver must give an “OK” hand sign, a verbal “I am OK” and remove their goggles and nose clip within 15 seconds. Meaning it won’t count as…
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Company excursion yesterday
Sorry for not posting anything yesterday, was out on a boat trip before trying to juggle a company dinner with our swimming federation congress and my younger daughter performing music. Weather was nice, which is when these islands beat everything :-)
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CC photo #220: Cseh Laszlo on the Debrecen 2012 podium
Hungary’s Cseh László, most valuable swimmer at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. (Renumbered from 160 to 220 on August 7, due to bad counting back then)
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Underwater 5.1 surround sound captured for documentary
The Canon Crackers of the Pistol Shrimp is an eight-minute teaser for a proposed feature-length called Sound of the Oceans and has been made using a new method of capturing high-quality surround sound underwater, believed to be the first ever made with ‘real underwater surround sound’. Warning, featuring “a seriously terrible voice-over”, via Televisual Canon…
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When I think of London …
What do the stars of the Australian Olympic Team think of when they think of London? James Magnussen, Anna Meares, Stephanie Rice and the Team share a few surprises… Now when I think of London, I think of mild weather and light drizzle! :-D Via the17thman
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“Schools that train the enemy”
Yesterday The Wall Street Journal brought this story on how some American coaches including Rowdy Gaines cry foul over NCAA teams subsidizing world-class instructions for foreign Olympians, also called ‘the enemy’. Naming athletes like New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle and Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry. My first reaction was, ‘well, your loss’, knowing that many an American…
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Croc doesn’t like being filmed while eating
A dare-devil cameraman narrowly avoided becoming dinner after a saltwater crocodile he was baiting on a remote Arnhem Land beach had a go at his video camera, via Nothing To Do With Arbroath
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Tyler Clary presents the Speedo Hydralign Goggles
Tyler Clary with the Speedo Hydralign Goggles & Center Snorkel, via the17thman
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Herbert Nitsch recovering after achieving world record depth
Austrian Freediver Herbert Nitsch attempted a 800ft / 244m ‘no limits’ dive today in Santorini, Greece, managing a confirmed target depth and re-ascend up until the planned stop depth of 10m, but then felt unwell and had to be escorted to the surface where he received an oxygen regulator and went down again for a…