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  • One Good Thing: Rival schools step up to help Grandville

    Jan 1, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    In the two weeks before the state swim finals, the pool at Grandville High School went down. But help came from nearby rival schools.

  • Triathlete Kim Kilgroe Asks Swimming Tips From Olympian Swimmer Jasmine Alkhaldi | The Score

    Jan 1, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition, Triathlon

    Elite SEA Games athletes Meggie Ochoa, Christiana Means, CJ Concepcion, Jasmine Alkhaldi, Kim Kilgroe, CJ Peña talk about swimming tips and tricks, beast mode, and their experience in the 30th SEA Games.

  • Vlog Season 4 Premier: Winter Training is Here | Cody Miller Vlogs

    Jan 1, 2020

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition

  • Dutch New Year’s Tradition Takes Over Bondi

    Jan 1, 2020

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Dutch revellers takeover Bondi Beach with a New Years Day tradition and Burkey gets to crowd going!

  • Matesong: Kylie Minogue stars in 2019 Tourism Australia ad aimed at Brits

    Jan 1, 2020

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Pop star Kylie Minogue stars in a new campaign for Tourism Australia aimed at enticing Brits to escape UK politics and come to Australia for a holiday. The ad is all in song and features other famous Australians such as Shane Warne, Ian Thorpe and Adam Hills. Some of the lyrics include: ‘When you need an end to what ails ya, call on your friends in Australia’ and ‘negotiating tricky trade deals is a shocker, but look! There’s a quokka’.

  • 2020 New Year’s Day Swim at Saundersfoot Harbour

    Jan 1, 2020

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

    In they go! The Saundersfoot New Years Day Swim is underway here at #saundersfootharbour

  • Vancouver celebrates 100 years of the Polar Bear Swim

    Jan 1, 2020

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

    Since 1920, thousands of Vancouverites have gathered to take a chilly plunge into English Bay on New Year’s Day. Read more: www.cbc.ca/1.5411094

  • Happy New Year

    Dec 31, 2019

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    rokur
    in Swimmer’s Daily

  • Behold Two Big Sea Lions Almost Sinking a Small Boat

    Dec 31, 2019

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    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

    While out on Puget Sound in Olympia, Washington, Spawn Fly Fish captured the hilarious sight of two enormous sea lions catching a ride atop a small fishing boat. The combined weight of these giant pinnipeds caused the stern of the boat to sink lower and lower into the water, yet it did not go down.

    See Laughing Squid

    https://youtu.be/AeWxaXYFn04

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