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  • CC photo #434: The President taking a photo of swimmers underwater

    Mar 9, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands, Organization

    A scene from the ‘swim day’ that the Faroese Swimming Federation arranged today in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands. The President putting his GoPro to good use, taking an underwater group photo of a batch of swimmers that had just been through a basic life saving course / swim test.

    The President taking a photo of swimmers underwater

  • Oh no, soccer is moving towards being an aquatic event

    Mar 9, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Dryland, Fun

    Via Deadspin

    “This footage, from a match between Ekibastuz and Almaty in Kazakhstan’s top league, has been making the rounds over the last day. Be it a due to a busted water main or a pitch tilted from the horizontal, give credit to the players for sloshing through adversity.”

  • Freediving with Whale Shark | Thailand

    Mar 9, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Freediving, Nature, Wow

    “This is one of the rare freediving moments: a chance to stay close to the biggest fish on earth; the Whale Shark. I was very fortunate to be on the right place at the right time.”

    Freediving with Whale Shark | Thailand – Pure Diver from purediver on Vimeo.

  • FREE DIVE (Guillaume Nery’s “Free Fall” tribute / parody)

    Mar 9, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Freediving, Fun

    “This “funny” video is a “tribute to / parody of” the beautiful and awesome video “FREE FALL”, by Guillaume Nery, my french fellow-citizen free diving record-man.”

    Here’s the original

  • Freediving Vanuatu TODAY SHOW with Cam Williams & Mike Wells

    Mar 9, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Freediving

    Today Show Special on Freediving the pacific Islands, in Particular the wreck of the SS President Coolidge on Santo island.

  • Ilaria Molinari: Freediving Promo

    Mar 9, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Freediving

  • This cat HATES the new “pet in a pool” fad

    Mar 8, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

    Arthritis or not, McLovin would rather stay dry. Via Buzzfeed

    http://youtu.be/dvMssEgp1ko

  • Spooky Underwater Music Video for ‘Drown’ by Tora Fisher

    Mar 8, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Wow, WTF

    Via Laughing Squid

    The music video for “Drown” by Tora Fisher was directed by Burke Heffner and tells the story of “a lonely girl who becomes an underwater siren.”

  • Sea lion chasing King Penguins (on land)

    Mar 8, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Dryland, Fun, Nature

    Not really their territory. Via Arbroath

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