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  • Christy Healy first man ever to swim 10 km underwater without surfacing

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    A 10 km underwater swim undertaken by 40-year-old Irishman Christy Healy last month has now been confirmed as a world first by the Guinness Book of Records, and also raised over €14,000 for the Share a Dream Foundation for terminally ill children. It took him 6 hours 21 minutes to make the record, on the…

  • Sleep-swimming with the E-man

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    That video is gonna haunt him at his wedding ! :-) Emmett is Sleep Swimming Again from Ben Husmann on Vimeo.

  • Otter learns to swim in bath tub

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    A 3-month-old otter is being taught how to swim and socialize with other animals after he was found alone on a building site in Wales. I just spent 3 hours unclogging our bathtub here at home, so this is very relevant to me :-P

  • Santa swims with sharks at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

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    If you’re in the vicinity of Tacoma, WA and looking for something to do with the kids this holiday season, then go to the Point Defiance Zoo and see Santa swim with sharks. Via myfoxspokane.com. And if he doesn’t bring you those presents you want when Christmas comes, then rest assured that it was probably…

  • Swim. – Behind the scenes / day five

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    But I thought day four was their last? Exciting version though, with music and drama and flute playing and everything. See also day one, two, three and four. SWIM – Behind the Scenes / Day Five from SWIM. – Short Film on Vimeo.

  • Top 10 freediving videos

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    Nice list here on deeperblue.com, just realized that I’ve never embedded the No. 1 Guillaume Nery base jump here, only on svimjing.com back in 2010

  • A day in Oslo

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    So what do we have here – jumping from way up into extremely cold water, before enjoying an expensive beer, even more expensive wine and then go watch art ? Kidding, Oslo is a lovely town (and the rest of Norway even better), go see www.visitnorway.com A day in Oslo from Visit Norway on Vimeo.

  • Ladies in bikinis swim with Great White Sharks

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    Bill Weir and ‘scientists’ on effort to show that Great White Sharks are not attracted by the sight of human skin. Well good for them! :-P video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Via ABC News

  • There is salmon in them streets !

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    Heavy rains in Mason County, Washington coincided with the salmon spawning season, causing water levels to rise, flooding a street that some salmon then chose as their route upstream. Pro fisherman Conway Bowman suggested that folks leave them alone, calling it a “total unfair advantage” to start catching them. But you do realize that it…