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12 of the world’s best water parks according to CNN

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Fun
See CNN

The twelve water parks are (apparently in no particular order)
- Aquatica (Orlando, Florida)
- Aquaventure Waterpark (Dubai, UAE)
- Area 47 (Innsbruck, Austria)
- Beach Park (Fortaleza, Brazil)
- Caribbean Bay (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea)
- Siam Park (Tenerife, Spain)
- Tropical Islands (Krausnick, Germany)
- Watercube Waterpark (Beijing)
- WaterWorld Waterpark (Ayia Napa, Cyprus)
- Wet ‘n Wild (Orlando, Florida)
- World Waterpark (Alberta, Canada)
- Yas Waterworld (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
My wife was with her pupils at the Tropical Islands waterpark in Germany (and recommends it)

Beach Park has Insano, the world’s tallest (135 feet/41 meters) and fastest (65 mph/104 kph) water slide.
Katinka Hosszú 2:04.39 and new 200 IM SC world record in the Eindhoven 2013 World Cup prelims (!)

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record, Wow

Breaking news !!

Old record was Julia Smit (USA) 2:04.60 at the Duel in the Pool meet between Europe and USA in Manchester back in 2009. See the result list here.

#BCN2013 might be over but #swimming #WorldRecord are still falling! Hosszu (HUN) just set new 200m IM WR in 2:04.39 at #swc2013 Eindhoven

— FINA (@fina1908) August 7, 2013

Here is the world record on video !
Giant Pyrosome caught on video, looks like that thing in ‘The Abyss’

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Nature, Wow

Pyrosomes are pelagic (free-swimming) tunicates or sea squirts that live in the open ocean, as colonies of tiny animals that form hollow tubes sealed at one end. Divers off the Tasman Peninsula caught this giant Pyrostremma spinosum on video in 2011 or earlier (judging by the YouTube video upload date), a colony that can reach 30m in length and looks pretty much like that water tentacle thing or pseudopod in the movie The Abyss. Via coolweirdo.com

The Abyss
FinaTV and zwemsport.tv live stream from Eindhoven 2013 World Cup

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, Technology

FINA announces that the events of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Eindhoven (NED) on August 7-8 will be streamed live and free of charge here on FINAtv. Streaming of morning heats will also be available here on zwemsport.tv’s YouTube channel. Start lists and results can be seen here on omegatiming.com.

The competition times for the event are as follows:

Wednesday, 7 August:
Start Time: 15:30 to 18:40 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 16:00 GMT)
Thursday, 8 August
Start Time: 15:30 to 18:40 GMT Main TX Day 2 (PGM start 16:00 GMT)

The detailed competition schedules can be found on the FINA Swimming World Cup section at www.fina.org.

However please note that the streaming will not be available in the following countries for contractual reasons with FINA Broadcast Partners: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates.

Zwemsport.tv is live streaming as we speak!
YouTube expands Live Stream availability to all channels with 100+ subscribers

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Swimmer’s Daily, Technology

Check out YouTube Creators, before this it was 1000+ subscribers. This bodes well for future live streams also in swimming.

Start live streaming if you have 100+ subscribers: All channels in good standing with at least a hundred subscribers will be able to live stream, within the next few weeks. Check your Account Features page for an “Enable” button, and click it if you’re interested.

Swimmer’s Daily’s YouTube channel is at 1 (one) subscriber. But maybe one day! ;-)
Biggest bicycle jump into a lake

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

in Wow

“Just another day at the lake with the boys. Manday Monday style”

Biggest bicycle jump into a lake
Swimming Britain | A quick update from Sean on his epic swim adventure

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water

Sean Conway is the first person to ever attempt to swim the length of Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Follow Sean’s swimming adventure here – http://bit.ly/15hZXm8
Star Reporter Takes Swim To Survive Test

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

Windsor Star reporter, Emma Loop, takes the Swim to Survive test at Lanspeary Park in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, August 3, 2013.
Michigan Man Begins 22-mile ‘Ton of Bricks Swim’

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

in Wow

A Michigan man has begun a swim that he hopes will take him 22 miles across Lake St. Clair. Long-distance swimmer Jim Dreyer’s latest feat of aquatic endurance got underway Monday. This time around, he’s also towing a ton of bricks.

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)