Category: Fun
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CC photo #228: These Santas sure come from Greenland
Just look at their suits! A gang of Santa Clauses seen during the 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin in Poland, between our hotel and the pool.
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Video from “Ólavsøkusvimjingin 2012”
Behold, our footage from the 400 meter open water race along the main pier of Tórshavn on our national holiday “Ólavsøka“. The laughing along the route is mostly because me and Bartal had totally underestimated how fast we had to run, if our plan of one filming while the other ran should work.
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‘Underwater’ now officially a word according to Merriam-Webster
The latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary adds these top-25 new words and definitions, including ‘bucket list’, ‘cloud computing’, ‘earworm’, ‘f-bomb’, ‘mash-up’ and ‘underwater’. The dictionary definition for ‘underwater’: lying, growing, worn, performed, or operating below the surface of the water being below the waterline of a ship having, relating to, or being a mortgage…
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Video from Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
A little something I put together from the Tórshavn to Nólsoy open water swim Saturday, using footage from mine and Hestoy’s GoPros. Music unfortunately a bit dark, but that was what I could find in a hurry, searching for “sea” and a suitable duration.
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Team USA’s dancing skills and other talents
Some of the shocking talents a few of the 2012 U.S. Olympians have outside of their sports was shown on NBC’s Today Show. Our shortlist: Tyler Clary is a great belcher (and an amazing cuddler), Ariana Kukors has a nice voice, Ryan Lochte likes to draw and Missy Frankling loves to dance.
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Ryan Lochte interviewed by TMZ
Warning, it goes something like this: “I’ve got a million questions for you … but, uhm, can we start with sex?”. Via K945
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Man tries to dive through rubber ring
Seems a little tight, you’ll have to watch the video to see if he makes it :-)
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A bit of fun with my GoPro and a fishing rod
Me and Bartal went fishing with the boys Friday evening, but had trouble catching anything but a fyke full with seaweed. So we put the fishing rod to other use :-) Btw, ‘Heljareygað’ is what we call that hole, directly translated “Hell’s eye”. Gotta love the Nordic language, eh?
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The River People
“Strange creatures live in Florida’s spring-fed rivers. Some people call them mermaids and mermen, I call them The River People.” The River People from Chris Rish on Vimeo.