Category: Wow
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A nice shot from the Rijeka Camp last week
Pál Joensen and Oussama Mellouli racing to the finish during a training set in Croatia last week while the Danes were back for their national championships. Coach Bjarnason on deck :-) (Pál is the one in black trunks, Ous in the white)
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Steve Redmond first ever to complete the Oceans7
46-year-old Irish endurance swimmer Steve Redmond has become the first person ever to complete the Ocean 7 Challenge, when he late yesterday evening crossed the Tsugaru Strait in Japan in 14 hours and 24 minutes. Read for instance Irish Times and West Cork Times.
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London is now officially a militarized no-fly zone
The Aviationist reports that as of this weekend, the usual civilian control of London’s skies is (temporarily) over, and the Royal Air Force is in charge. A new task force called “Atlas Control” will monitor London’s airspace in the weeks leading up to and during the Olympics, with most traffic over the city banned or…
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3 Steps of a Cliff Dive – Orlando Duque Colombia 2012
10X Cliff Diving World Champion Orlando Duque describes his passion and preparation for the sport he loves, cliff diving.
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Great white shark bites surfer in half
A man in his early 20s was surfing with a friend early this morning off the west coast of Australia when he was mauled by a great white shark, which bit him in half. A jet-skier who witnessed the scene described how there was only “half a torso†left of the victim, and that he…
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Late night drunken swim might bring Dane a hefty fine
A 21-year-old Danish guy will get a fine of up to maybe DKK 70,000 (US$ 11,500) for swimming across the fjord at Aalborg, Northern Jutland, yesterday evening. A witness had alerted the police, triggering a rescue search by boat and helicopter, that resulted in the boat picking the swimmer up near the city of Nørresundby,…
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Swimming with sunfish and sperm whale
Daniel Fox having fun with his GoPro camera during an Atlantic crossing in 2012. Atlantic Crossing 2012 from Daniel Fox on Vimeo.