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  • Behold, clever octopus breaks into bait canister while wrestling shark

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    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…

  • Tlaloc’s Under Water Warriors

    Tlaloc’s Under Water Warriors

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    USC Swim and Dive Team. Wow. Tlaloc’s Under Water Warriors from Hutch Picture Co & BSN on Vimeo.

  • Sub-mission: Skydiving Underwater

    Sub-mission: Skydiving Underwater

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    Professional photographer Mike Burdon spent 22 months into a project that no one has ever done before: Taking skydiving underwater to create spectacular photographs. Really nice in a weird way :-) Sub-mission. Skydiving Underwater by Mike Burdon from TURBOLENZA on Vimeo.

  • Best of London 2012

    Best of London 2012

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    “The London 2012 Olympic Games are now history, but their spirit will live on forever in the hearts of millions of people. Re-live some of the most exciting moments of these Games and watch the performances of the world’s greatest athletes in our highlights video!”

  • Star Swim Academy

    Star Swim Academy

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    “Thessaloniki Star Swim Academy 2012-2013 Swimming season begins.” Awesome ! :-) Star Swim Academy from Spiros Tsalparoglou on Vimeo.

  • Kiteboarding a Salt Island

    Kiteboarding a Salt Island

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    “You’ve seen kiteboarding. You’ve seen snowboarding. But what about saltboarding?” Via YouTube on Google+ Watch this video on YouTube

  • Red Bull 400: The hardest 400m Run in Europe

    Red Bull 400: The hardest 400m Run in Europe

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    On a beautiful and sunny Saturday, 164 runners from 9 countries competed against each other trying to conquer the famous ski jump in Planica. The hardest 400 m run was won by the Turk Arslan Ahmet in the men category (5:02:53), and by the Austrian Teresa Stadlober in the women category (6:46:44). – I’m pretty…

  • What it looks like when a gun is fired underwater

    What it looks like when a gun is fired underwater

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    Behold a Glock 22 being fired underwater, more awesome photos and video to be seen here on PetaPixel. So it was seems to be true what our physics teacher taught us at engineering school, that you wouldn’t be able to shoot through a 1 meter thick aquarium. http://youtu.be/502KryEguA0

  • Mouché

    Mouché

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    ‘You need: Two boiling heads (?), an underwater cameraman from Belgium, a professional swimmer, a talented pianist and a large swimming pool, and then to turn everything upside down.’ Mouche’ from Timo Laufs on Vimeo.