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  • Conservationist Lesley Rochat swims with sharks to make her point

    Aug 25, 2013

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    rokur
    in Freediving, Nature

    lesley-rochat“Lesley Rochat, also known as the Shark Warrior due to her passionate efforts in shark conservation, is a marine and shark conservationist, filmmaker, photographer, writer and inspirational speaker. She is also a GoPro Ambassador in South Africa. She takes us on a visually powerful underwater journey into freediving with Tiger Sharks, while providing a strong conservation message.”

    She has this awesome animated video on YouTube also

  • Awesome street art seen in Los Angeles

    Aug 25, 2013

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    rokur
    in Wow

    Courtesy of Arena

    Post by Arena.
  • CC photo #601: Sun Yang getting a hug after the BCN2013 men’s 400 free

    Aug 24, 2013

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    China’s Sun Yang pretty emotional after winning the men’s 400 meter freestyle at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. See the result list here.

    Sun Yang getting a hug after the BCN2013 men's 400 free

  • Polybius, a song by James Houston played on old hardware

    Aug 23, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Technology

    “We are submerged in a dry swimming pool. A SEGA Mega Drive, Commodore 64, floppy disk drives and hard drives sing in unison. The unusual ensemble (controlled live via MIDI) are given a last curtain call in a nostalgic farewell to forgotten friends.”

    Polybius from James Houston on Vimeo.

  • Hometown Hero Katie Ledecky

    Aug 23, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition

    “Susan Kenedy talks one on one with Olympic gold medalist and world swimming champion Katie Ledecky about her performance at the world championships and life outside of swimming.”

  • CC photo #600: “Meet Michael Phelps” poster at BCN2013

    Aug 23, 2013

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Equipment, Gossip

    A poster seen outside the Speedo tent at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona. He turned up with his right leg in a boot cast, because of a golf accident.

    "Meet Michael Phelps" poster at BCN2013

  • Scott Miller to deny drug charge

    Aug 23, 2013

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    Read The Australian

    Olympic swimmer Scott Miller will fight a drug dealing charge, his lawyer has told a Sydney court.

    The Olympic silver and bronze medallist was charged last month with supplying a prohibited drug of an indictable quality.

    Police allegedly discovered 7.75 grams of the drug ice when they searched the former sports star at Potts Point in Sydney on July 20.

    A video from two months ago

  • Fanny Lecluyse on SpartaNova

    Aug 23, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition, Health

    Fanny Lecluyse (GOLD Swimming Team), her physiotherapist Manu Wemel (Callewaert-Wemel) and coach Wauter Derycke on SpartaNova.

    Fanny Lecluyse on SpartaNova (subtitles) from SpartaNova on Vimeo.

  • Raising An Olympian: Eamon Sullivan

    Aug 23, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition, Health

    Eamon Sullivan and mom Pam on how he started swimming because of asthma, on his swimming and on his many injuries.

    Raising An Olympian: Eamon Sullivan (Australia, Swimming) from Karoliina Tuovinen, Editor on Vimeo.

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