Category: Fun
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This pool opens with a chainsaw
The Baltic countries are apparently very fond of ice swimming, and I didn’t realize that I haven’t ever been to a really cool swim meet. Cool as in opening it with a chainsaw.
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The 2011 Underwater Diving Championships
One of the very few sports that are harder for the spectators than the performers :-) Courtesy of The Race Club
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Slow-Mo Surfing Shot with a Canon 7D
Yes, I know that this is a swimming blog, but Duke Kahanamoko was a swimmer/surfer, so I’m allowed. Now back to the video. Sweet. Via PetaPixel.
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We need a World Water Bombing Association !
WesternLeader brought this story last Friday, about some local event called the World Bombing Championships in Henderson, New Zealand, yesterday. They want it to become a regional event next year, and then maybe turn it into a world competition. But but, researching this a bit, I find that there already was a UK / World…
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There you are, the Arena Baywatch commercial
I saw this one at the 2009 Rome World Championships, and afterwards tried for quite a long time to find it online. Funny.
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Swim to Empower: Teaching Bahamians How to Float
Eleuthera, Bahamas is named after the Greek word for “freedom,” Eleuthera is 110 miles long and just a mile at its widest. To the east is the occasionally wild Atlantic, to the west a shallow, usually calm Caribbean Sea. The waters on both sides are ideal for swimming. Unless, of course, you don’t know how…
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Watch out for the USA Swimming video contest
Exciting stuff here on usaswimming.org, where USA swimming is looking for the next great America’s Swim Team video: The best 30-second video that demonstrates what being a part of America’s Swim Team means to you, with deadline April 9, 2011. There is also this great video where Ryan Lochte surprises America’s Swim Team teammates at…