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Greg Carter – Rebecca Soni “Behind the scenes photoshoot”

Mar 7, 2013

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rokur

in Wow

“Greg Carter on location in Irvine California with Rebecca Soni an American competition swimmer who is a breaststroke specialist and six-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100-meter breaststroke (short course) and the 200-meter breaststroke (short and long course), and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under 2 minutes 20 seconds. As a part of the American team, she also holds the world record in the 4Ã—100-meter medley relay (short and long course). In total, she currently holds five world records.”

Greg Carter – “Behind the scenes photoshoot” from NUVISIONS STUDIO on Vimeo.
St. Patrick’s Day Dalkey Island Swim 2012

Mar 7, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water

“An annual charity swim around Dalkey Island that is held on St. Patrick’s Day. Most of the swimmers are active Scuba Divers and all money raised goes to the RNLI. Interviews with the organisers, participants and of course, the event itself.”

St. Patrick’s Day Dalkey Island Swim 2012 from pedallist on Vimeo.
A man learns how stun gun fishing can be a bit tricky

Mar 7, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Safety

Via Arbroath, aÂ man fishing in a Vietnamese river learned the hard way how difficult it can be to fish safely by improvised stun gun. A relative quicklyÂ disconnected the mains electricity, limiting his injuries to only burnt hands and bruised pride.
Swim tips: Managing Immersion Shock Through Cold Water Priming

Mar 7, 2013

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rokur

in Health, Open Water

Ah, there is a methodology. That makes it much easier. I guess.

Here’s our inaugural swim tips video. The idea for doing this came to me while I was shoveling snow all day yesterday! All humor aside, this is a great way to manage immersion shock prior to swimming in colder water temperatures.
Let’s have a swim in Finland

Mar 7, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

“Release your inner Finn !” or, Swimming in the ice in Finland.

– laidback French guy FTW
CC photo #432: KawÄ™cki after winning the Istanbul 2012 men’s 200 back

Mar 7, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

It was awesome, the way Poland’s RadosÅ‚aw KawÄ™cki moved past Ryan Lochte underwater after the final turn, to win the men’s 200 meter backstroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See the result list here
Extremely Painful High Dive Disaster

Mar 6, 2013

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rokur

in Fun

“Film producer Chris Chapman trains to take on the ten metre diving board – only for things to go horribly wrong! ”
Touch The Wall

Mar 6, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

“Here’s a promo for the upcoming feature film “Touch the Wall” featuring Kara Lynn Joyce and Missy Franklin. Along with their Coach Todd Schmitz and families, this film has been a few years in the making, and needs your support to make it to the big screen.

Support the making of this film on Kickstarter.

http://kck.st/XRndzU”
BÃ¦rumsvÃ¸mmerne – This Is Us :-)

Mar 6, 2013

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rokur

in Organization

In Norwegian, but you’ll survive