Category: Wow
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Cameron van der Burgh remembering Alex
Beautiful words by South Africa’s world record holder Cameron van der Burgh, in honor of his late rival and friend Alexander Dale Oen. A small excerpt here, read the rest here on Cameron’s blog. Thank you for inviting me into your home and sharing your life with me. Fortunately I have only good memories about…
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US man completes entire triathlon while juggling
On April 21, 2012, 31-year-old Joe Salter from Pensacola, Florida completed a sprint triathlon consisting of 1/4 mile of swimming, 16.2 miles of bicycling and 4 miles of running in less than two hours while juggling, plasing 147th of 246 participants. Yes, juggling even when open water swimming, serious skills there. Swim: 1/4 mile (402…
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Meet Allegheny head coach Erin Detwiler
This is a good idea, me thinks, putting a bit of focus on the coach.
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The Bondi Iceberg Opening Ceremony (in super slow motion)
The opening of the winter swimming season at Bondi Icebergs Swimming Club, captured with Epic at 100fps & Weisscam at 1000fps. Wow.
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Alexander Dale Oen – “The heart breaker”
Touching article here on Aftenposten, in Norwegian but worth running through Google Translate. I’ll translate a few excerpts here, as well as I can: His eyes could seem heavy and sleepy. They possibly become that way by being opened at 5 AM every day and spending countless hours in the pool. But his head was…
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Swim, by Banana Tree Films
OK, her breaststroke technique is not 100% perfect, but wow, the colors and the wildlife.
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Allegheny College Swimming and Diving
These team videos just get better and better, footage from the 2011 and 2012 swimming seasons of Allegheny College, using really interesting angles.
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Breathtaking bird’s-eye view of London
Beautiful London flyover footage taken by aerial photographer Jason Hawkes. Via PetaPixel.