Category: Fun
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The Biggest Loser || The Swimming Challenge
The winning team will get the choice between a two-pound advantage and calling home! Who will win and what will they choose? Find out in this clip from Season 14.
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Underwater hockey to make waves at Southeast Asian Games | AFP
Swimmers wearing snorkels and gripping short curved sticks dive to the bottom of a pool in Malaysia, and charge at a puck as they compete in an energetic game of underwater hockey. Invented in the 1950s in Britain — where it is known as “Octopush” — to help divers keep fit during the winter months,…
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It’s Jousting, But in Water
If you’ve read about King Arthur and his knights, or even watched “Game of Thrones,†you know what jousting is. But have you heard of water jousting? Think next-level jousting over a body of water. Horses are replaced by boats, and jousters don’t wear any armor—all they have to protect themselves is a small shield.…
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The Shiny Shrimps reviewed by Mark Kermode
Mark Kermode reviews The Shiny Shrimps. When Olympic swimmer Matthias Le Goff uses a homophobic slur on TV, he is made to atone by coaching a gay amateur water-polo team called The Shiny Shrimps.
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Wetlands – A Short Documentary About a Mermaid Community in Virginia
Persia Beheshti made this short film about a community of mermaids in Virginia. It’s narrated by one of the mermaids, Mermaid Undine. See Boing Boing
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Man Straps A GoPro To His Dog That Loves To Swim And Films His Enthusiastic Journey To The Sea
Walter, a Labrador from Sicily, loves to swim as this video dramatically illustrates. See Digg
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Electric Train Set Vs. Swimming Pool
For your own safety, do not try this at home! Will an entire model train set work under water?
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Strongman Swimming | Sink or Swim?
The FASTEST (and strongest) 180kg swim you will EVER see! After eating 7,000 calories of chicken and cheesecake, me and Eddie took to the pool for some interval sprint training and we talk about how he’s used swimming conditioning throughout his ENTIRE career! Just an INCREDIBLE human (and apex predator in the water) this is…