Category: Fun
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Michelle Obama vs Ellen DeGeneres in push-up contest
No spoilers here, you have to watch the video (or look it up)
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McNamara goes for the biggest waves with his oxygen-enhanced wetsuit
Garrett McNamara already holds the world record for the biggest wave surfed (90 feet off Nazaré, Portugal in November), but aims for even bigger with his customized wetsuit fitted with a special oxygen pocket by Camelbak, allowing him to breathe through a straw for a few minutes more. Crazy, read TMZ He also has a…
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Next James Bond film will involve some swimming
Got this link from a source in London, revealing that, yes, the 23rd James Bond film Skyfall will involve some swimming, or at least some sitting by the pool. Due out in October-December this year.
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London 2012 – The Official Video Game (work in progress)
Good to see that they’ve got the OMEGA OSB11 starting blocks in the game, but … what’s with those briefs, and where are the ‘racing systems’ ? :-P
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Polar Plunge Antartica
Even without have checked the numbers, I don’t think it gets much colder than that
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Great Australia Day Swim 2012
Michael Klim points to this video here on Twitter, from the Great Australia Day Swim 2012 charity swim, supporting charities and community organisations providing support to disadvantaged children and youths. They raised about AUD $ 70,000, most of it going to Les Twentyman’s 20th Man Fund. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/MichaelKlimAus/status/164493908783546368″]
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Base jumps off the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore
We’ve mentioned that fantastic pool before, spanning across the three Marina Bay Sands hotel towers in Singapore, and here are 7 professional BASE jumpers celebrating New Year’s Day 2012 by jumping off it. Via the17thman Marina Bay Sands Skypark BASE Jump. Singapore 2012. from Snow R. Shai on Vimeo. Jeb Corliss has tried that jump…
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145 water-skiers break world record in Tasmania
Last Friday, a total of 154 water-skiers from all over the world attempted to break the world record for the number of skiers pulled behind one boat, demanding a full nautical mile inside Australia’s Macquarie Harbour in Strahan. Nine of them fell, but the remaining 145 was more than enough to break the previous record…
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Wanna swim with a 5.5 meter long crocodile ?
His name is Chopper and he lives in the Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia. They have this thing called the Cage of Death, which is a flimsy looking plexiglass enclosure inside the crocodile’s pool (or ‘territory’, as some would call it) that you (and/or the crocodile?) can dive into, to get a real close look…