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  • Can you survive quicksand?

    Mar 31, 2013

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Is it possible to survive being stuck in quicksand? Jonny Phillips risks life and limb to experience firsthand what it is like to slowly sink into quicksand—just a few feet away from an incoming tide.

  • Brave swimmers take plunge in Berlin’s ice cold Wannsee lake

    Mar 31, 2013

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    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water

    http://youtu.be/y1L7Fvj65ZY

  • Swimmers brave freezing London lake

    Mar 31, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water

    You’ve got to love the line out of the lake *shiver*

    http://youtu.be/_vECpCrn83A

  • Hackett slams treatment of the Aussie relay

    Mar 30, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization

    March 17, 2013: Grant Hackett has slammed Swimming Australia for making the men’s freestyle relay squad front a media conference over their stilnox use.

    Screen Shot 2013-03-30 at 10.56.57 PM

    See ninemsn

  • CC photo #455: Team Faroe running across a street in Hafnarfjörður, back in 2010

    Mar 30, 2013

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Dryland, Faroe Islands, Fun

    Very organized, eh, this sprint across a street in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, during the Small States 2010 competition. At least I (the photographer) was in safety.

    Team Faroe running across a street in Hafnarfjörður

  • 2150m ice swim in arctic Murmansk

    Mar 30, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Open Water

    Jeez, that is long. And cold. But at least, it is snowing.

  • That new Hadouken meme is Fun

    Mar 30, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Swimmer’s Daily

    Just saying, wouldn’t mind seeing this Hadouken thing grow into a meme in swimming too ;-)

    Here my crazy family trying out Jákup’s jedi powers this morning.

    The Force Is Strong With This One

    … and …

    Trying out the Hadouken meme

  • O’Neill 365 Fall/Holiday 2012 featuring Natalie Coughlin

    Mar 30, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Equipment, Wow

    Oh my, we missed that one, didn’t we

    Introducing our Fall/Holiday 2012 activewear line – O’Neill 365 with Natalie Coughlin, swimmer, surfer and 12 time Olympic medalist.

    http://youtu.be/7IjglMDYKqU

  • International Winter Swimming Championships 2013 Murmansk

    Mar 30, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Open Water, Wow

    Because it cannot get cold enough or something

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