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  • CC photo #447: A forest of cameras at Istanbul 2009

    Mar 22, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    Way up under the roof, the video analysts at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. I remember it as very hot.

    A forest of cameras at Istanbul 2009

  • Sunrise : Geoff Huegill ready for Ellen

    Mar 22, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Gossip

    Edwina Bartholomew chats to Olympian Geoff Huegill, who is at Sydney Airport and is ready to greet Ellen DeGeneres. Via the17thman

  • Oh crap, elderly man falls into toilet pit and spends hour swimming in shite

    Mar 21, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Safety, WTF

    Read NY Daily News

    Relatives didn’t immediately notice the senior citizen was missing from the tourist hot spot of Carters Lake in northwest Ga. By that time he had fallen into toilet pit and spent an hour covered in waste.

  • Barcelona 2013. We’re Ready!

    Mar 21, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    Alright

  • Close, closer, closer…

    Mar 21, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Nature, Wow

    “Short clip presenting the advantages of silent diving with no bubbles using a rebreather in regards to proximity to certain marine life when diving, most importantly when swimming with schools of fish.”

    Close, closer, closer… from Bart Lukasik on Vimeo.

  • Ryan Lochte departs Bootsy Bellows in West Hollywood

    Mar 21, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Gossip

    “In mid 2012, actor-turned-nightlife-impresario David Arquette took over Trousdale Lounge – a luxurious celebrity hotspot with the paparazzi perpetually planted out front – and turned it into Bootsy Bellows, a swanky vintage-style club with sexy burlesque dancers, erotic puppetry acts…and the paparazzi perpetually planted out front.” See partyearth

  • CC photo #446: Knife seen while shopping in Croatia

    Mar 21, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Wow, WTF

    For shredding the lettuce, I guess, this knife seen while on a shopping spree during the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. No, I didn’t buy it.

    09122008053

  • Ice Bathing Tinnsjøen, 2013

    Mar 21, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water

    A step out of your own comfort zone is just good for you! Too often fear limits your wishes in life and if you manage to face your fears – a lot of limitations in life will be gone – forever!

    Live and explore life while you can!

    Attitude means everything!

    Isbading Tinnsjøen, 2013 from Erik Mowinckel on Vimeo.

  • Charity Promo – JOIN IN

    Mar 21, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Organization

    Join In is a charity born out of the efforts of the volunteers at the London Olympics.

    Featuring Mark Foster

    Charity Promo 1 – JOIN IN – TOOTING BEC LIDO from Badmoods on Vimeo.

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