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Michael Phelps Returns for One Last Swim in Under Armour’s Haunting New Ad

Mar 8, 2016

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rokur

in Equipment

Michael Phelps has been an Under Armour endorser since 2010, but of course, he’s only truly in the spotlight quadrennially, during the Olympics. Now 30 years old, the world’s greatest-ever swimmer is making one final Olympic pushâ€”for the Rio Games this August.

Under Armour is celebrating its hero’s last stand with a beautiful and brooding ad from Droga5 that focuses on Phelps’s intense training regimenâ€”in other words, everything he’s been doing while outside the spotlight to prepare for those precious moments in the pool.

See Adweek

https://youtu.be/Xh9jAD1ofm4
Video Wonder: Underwater Rugby

Mar 8, 2016

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rokur

in Fun

Ever watch a rugby game and think, “This is quite entertaining, but I wish things were wetter and more chaotic”? Underwater rugby is for you.

See Atlas Obscura
Dwarf Minke Whales Make Star Wars Blaster Noises Underwater

Mar 8, 2016

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rokur

in Nature

It looks like the lyre bird and its futuristic laser soundsÂ might finally have a challenger: the dwarf minke whale. These lesser-known leviathans might not have vocal chords, but they somehow manage to produce a blaster-likeÂ “da-da-da-daaaang”, aptlyÂ known as the “Star WarsÂ sound”.

See Earth Touch News

Whale sounds like a lightsaber #GreatBarrierReef

Listen to the first ever recording of a dwarf minke whale… they sound like lightsabers!Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough starts 30 December on BBC One

Posted by BBC Earth on Friday, December 18, 2015
Scuba diver sues after getting sucked into nuclear power plant in Florida

Mar 8, 2016

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rokur

in Safety

A scuba diver in Florida is suing a utility company after he was sucked into a quarter-mile-long pipe that took him inside a nuclear power plant.

Christopher Le Cun said he was scuba diving off the coast of Hutchinson Island with friend Robert Blake last summer when the pair went down to investigate three large shadows underneath a yellow buoy.

“I swam right up to this big structure and it looks like a building underwater. I felt a little bit of current. All of a sudden it got a little quicker and I said, ‘this ain’t right, this ain’t right,’” Le Cun told WPTV.

Blake said Le Cun got “sucked in like a wet noodle.”

See UPI

https://youtu.be/m5a18e2m2L8
When you’re swimming with your daughter and a shark swims past…

Mar 8, 2016

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rokur

in Nature

Shark swims between daughter and Father. This was our first day testing out our new Go Pro camera!
FreeDom

Mar 8, 2016

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rokur

in Freediving

FreeDom is what we feel underwater, but also is FREEdiving in DOMinican Republic. Place where I filmed this movie and make one of the most memorable thing in my life. I was freedive through the 100 meters underwater caves of karst lakes Dudu.
Rottnest Channel Solo Swim 2016

Mar 7, 2016

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rokur

in Open Water

This video is about my first Rottnest Channel Solo Swim 2016.
Swimming With Sharks! | HeyItsSarai

Mar 7, 2016

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rokur

in Nature

Thumbs this video up for more Bahamas vlogs!
How be prepared for a swimming trip with a baby

Mar 7, 2016

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rokur

in Health

Swimming with a baby is a great activity to do, especially early in the mornings. Why? Because most swimming pools open early. Plus, it’s a great way to bond with your baby. So dads, follow these tips and get yourself to the pool for a dip. http://www.thedadnetwork.co.uk