Category: Wow
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Teammates save swimmer whose heart stopped in pool
A 12-year-old Wisconsin girl is alive today because her teammates took a course in CPR and used their lifesaving training when her heart stopped while she was in the pool. AWESOME !! Read more here on myfox9.com Minneapolis News and Weather KMSP FOX 9
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Anthony Ervin did it: $10,000+ raised for his World Cup Tour 2012
That Indiegogo campaign paid off, Anthony Ervin’s World Cup Tour 2012 fundraiser has as of now raised $10,785, with 19 days left. You can still support him and claim perks, half of the money made over $10,000 going to Marmade’s “Water to the Thirsty” project, providing clean water to those in the world who need…
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Huge eyeball from unknown creature washes up on Florida beach
Taking his usual morning stroll along the surf in Pompano Beach, Gino Covacci noticed a strange ball-like object at the high tide line. He kicked it over and found himself staring at the biggest eyeball he had ever seen. Quite fresh also, by the looks of it, and the whole ‘still bleeding’ bit. They are…
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Waterfall Swing – World Maker Faire 2011
As each swing rider reaches their highest point, the computer controlling the waterfall stops the flow at the exact moment for the rider to pass under completely dry. Awesome. Via Buzzfeed
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University of Hawaii Swimming and Diving “Come Out to The Next Meet”
University of Hawaii Swimming and Diving took on BYU this weekend and here is a little video to show you what the swim meet is like.
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Night Freediving for Lobster with Sony Action Cam
There is a new kid in town, the Sony Action Cam, here helped by a LED dive light to film night freediving for lobster. The camera guy comments that for now he still recommends the GoPro Hero 2, until Sony fixes some issues with no dive flat door and the camera not recording sound when…
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Felix Baumgartner to jump from space today
No I know, hopefully not swimming relevant, but I’m watching this crazy Swiss guy jumping from the stratosphere today, to freefall at the speed of sound after only 30 seconds. Live on YouTube, he is entering the capsule at this moment, jumping in about 2 hours. UPDATE: The launch has been aborted for today, due…
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Swimming at Black Rock
“This video starts with me picking the GoPro up off the ocean floor. I’d lost it about 10 minutes earlier. It fell out of my pocket while swimming to check out some gentle splashing in the water (I thought was a turtle). Luckily the camera is silver so I was able to spot it half-buried…
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Anthony Ervin almost there, song-writing opps sold out
That Indiegogo funding campaign really worked, Anthony Ervin is now at $8,570 of the $10,000 goal with 23 days to go, his 2012 World Cup circuit expenses almost paid for, with him having to write ‘only’ 5 songs and send some 50+ postcards and other stuff from the tour.