Category: Fun
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Swimming prohibited only in swimming area ?
And prohibited during swimming hours, see rule No. 3. Sign found in Okinawa, Japan, picture courtesy of Daam Nillan, via Engrish.com.
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Introducing Swim Kids lessons with Grant Hackett and Eamon Sullivan
Wow, Uncle Toby’s isn’t just oatmeal and fumbling sprinters, presenting 6 video lessons with Grant Hackett & Eamon Sullivan. See www.swimkids.com.au
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Never pull the plug !
Right, just had to do this … learning the language and realized that this would be my third post in a row mentioning ‘plugs’ or ‘plugging’. But seriously, never pull the plug ! :-) Scott Rhea – Web Site Intro from Karim Youssef on Vimeo.
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3-year-old Elodie-Paige MacArthur swims 25 meters unaided
At three years and five months, Elodie-Paige MacArthur might be the youngest to win the Kirsten Trophy contest that Thirsk White Horse Swim Team runs annually, since it was launched in 1972. A competition to find the youngest swimmer in Hambleton district who can swim 25 meters unaided, to aid awareness of swimming and promote…
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How to photograph a fist smashing through water
High-speed photography tutorial with splashes and flashes, courtesy of Photo EXTREMIST, via Peta Pixel. “Just remember that it is the flashes that are freezing the motion, not the camera.”
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Liquid nitrogen into a swimming pool
Sweet, wish they had a human guinea pig to throw into it. Oh wait. Liquid Nitrogen Into A Swimming Pool from physicisttv on Vimeo. Physicisttv.com via GoSwim on Twitter.
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Video proof: Evolta did swim the official Ironman route
Exciting stuff in American/Japanese, still think it would have gotten into problems if there was a decent current against it. Was that a whale jumping at the turn buoy? The robots completed the full Ironman challenge 2011 in only 166 hours 57 minutes, with the 2.4-miles (3.86 km) swim taking a little over 5 hours.
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Eric Shanteau’s Swim For Your Life
On October 8 at Lake Lanier Islands resort just outside of Atlanta, Ga., Eric Shanteau held his second Swim For Your Life event, benefiting Lance Armstrong’s cancer charity LIVESTRONG. Participants including Shantau himself, Aaron Peirsol, Katie Hoff, Kathleen Hersey, Mark Gangloff, Amanda Wier and Tyler McGill could choose between a 500 yard, one mile og…
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Do you know why there are so many swimming events ?
Pierre Knows (and sorry, breaststrokers and backstrokers around the world :-) Thanks Pierre !