Category: Fun
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Sneak peek: ‘A League of Their Own’ featuring Eamon Sullivan
“I look like a Hungarian tennis player!” :-P Post by Australian Swim Team.
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A League of Their Own: Pat Cash and Eamon Sullivan serve up humour
Read The Weekly Review Stonnington ”It’s like a grown-up sportsperson’s fantasy show in many ways,” Cash says. ”There’s comedians and sports stars on, and some crazy activities. It was like, ‘Wow, this is something I’d really like to do.’ And I’ve never laughed so much in my life. It was 10 shows of just laughing…
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8 Insane Things You Can Do Underwater
Courtesy of Buzzfeed “Underwater has never been this cool”
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The Onion: Jellyfish falls short of dream to kill Diana Nyad
See story on the Onion Just one day after Diana Nyad completed her record-breaking swim from Cuba to Florida, a local box jellyfish expressed its deep disappointment Tuesday morning at narrowly failing to achieve its lifelong dream of killing the 64-year-old swimmer. “From the time I was just a young ephyra, I’ve dreamt of the…
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Nyad Says Record-Setting Swim Was to be ‘Fully Engaged’ in Life
Diana Nyad has made history as the first person to swim the 110-mile Florida Strait. This was Nyad’s fifth attempt at the feat, and it took her 53 hours to complete. “I wanted this swim, this endeavor not to just be the athletic record,” Nyad, 64, said, “I wanted it to be a lesson for…
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David Letterman – Top Ten Thoughts Going Through Diana Nyad’s Mind Swimming From Cuba to Florida
“Top Ten Thoughts Going Through Diana Nyad’s Mind While Swimming From Cuba To Florida http://youtu.be/K21MiUKkuOw
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SSP Swimming Under the Stars “Big Splash”
“The City ended the swimming season at Northview Pool with a “Big Splash”” SSP Swimming Under the Stars “Big Splash” from Town Square Television on Vimeo.
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18-year-old Dineka Maguire sets new bog snorkelling world record
See Nothing To Do With Arbroath Dozens of swimmers braved murky waters on Sunday as an 18-year-old woman smashed the world record time for bog snorkelling. The 28th World Bog Snorkelling Championships saw 130 competitors from around the world, some in fancy dress, descend on Waen Rhydd Bog on the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys,…
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Curglaff, the shock felt when plunging into cold water
An obsolete word they say. An awesome word I say! :-) See Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Online (1841), volume III, page 299