Category: Wow
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Greek swimmer wins €277,000 compensation for Olympic ban
The Greek Swimming Federation have been ordered to pay 277,000 euros to 100m freestyle swimmer Tonia Machaira for wrongfully excluding her from the Athens 2004 Olympics on the grounds she had failed a drugs test. WADA confirmed that she had not failed the anti-doping test, as suspected by the Greek federation, she filed a suit…
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Michael Phelps nails amazing, possibly record-breaking 159-foot putt
Michael Phelps who’s going to be on the “Haney Project” in 2013, is already making strides on golf’s biggest stage, after he holed a 159-foot putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Though obviously paling in comparison to the 18 Olympic gold medals and countless records he set in the pool, he may have set a record for…
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Rough Water Freediving for Abalone
Really nice first-person view … these new action-cams FTW Rough water abalone diving in Brookings, Oregon for some nice fat abs while on vacation last week. Got my limit of 1 per day over 3 days with all of them being over 9.5 inches and the heaviest weighing in at 7 pounds. 2 slots on…
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Behold a water balloon ‘party’ in super slo-mo
Brad Kremer used §300,000 worth of Phantom Flex high-speed camera gear to create this epic slow-motion footage of the neighborhood children’s water balloon party. Because that is what you do, if you have that kind of gear lying around. Via PetaPixel As summer comes to an end and Autumn begins, kids go back to school…
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Behold the HotTug hot tub tug boat with built-in grill
The HotTug is a wood-fired hot tub in which you can sail and a tugboat in which you can enjoy warm baths. A wide and stable boat for up to eight people. *And* the stove can be used to grill sausages on. Excellent! It is a hot photo-op also, see HotTug on Facebook Via Laughing…
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The Swimmer Trailer
Trailer of “The Swimmer” (2013), an upcoming short film about small and big fears, friendship and passion for swimming, stronger than anything. The Swimmer Trailer from Gabriele Urbonaite on Vimeo.
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Behold, clever octopus breaks into bait canister while wrestling shark
Those things are cunning, here is an octopus breaching into a baited canister by removing three cable ties, while at the same time restraining a pyjama shark. Filmed by Lauren De Vos and her team testing their baited remote underwater video (BRUV) system in False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. The banjo music is…