With bagpipes, excellent
The Great Swim from Holly Ross on Vimeo.
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CC photo #264: The Berlin 1936 Olympic Swim Stadium
My dear wife led a school trip to Germany last week, where they among other things visited the 1936 Olympic venue. So she thought I should have a couple of photos of the old Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin, to get that bit closer to completing my New Year’s resolution.
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Seaweed is good for you (and can be tasty, too)
When you think of garage-based tech start-ups, hardware makers like Apple or data-manipulators like Google probably spring to mind before biotech, and way before farming. Lewis Weil, though, has for the last several years been perfecting the art of growing seaweed in central Texas, and his Austin Sea Veggies have garnered interest from gourmets and restaurants across the U.S. Read Slashdot
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Dog & fish kiss & swim together
This YouTube video of a Labrador Retriever named Sasha kissing a fish while swimming and playing with it has gone viral. And the fish keeps coming back for more kisses. Via MyFox8
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London 2012 Men’s 200m Freestyle Final Full Replay
Featuring an in the end very happy Yannick Agnel :-)
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Psy backs 14 El Monte lifeguards fired for making a “Gangnam Style” spoof
The 13 lifeguards and one pool manager fired over making a “Gangnam Style” spoof at El Monte city Aquatic Center in August are pleading to get their job back. The YouTube video with nearly 1.5 million views was made on their free time, but The Weekly has learned that the lifeguards were already in hot water, and the video was just the last nail in their coffin.
And here comes the awesome bit …
Psy, the South Korean pop star behind the hit, “Gangnam Style,” has asked that the guards be given their jobs back, and they have started a petition drive on Change.org that has has added up to nearly 13,000 supporters so far.
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Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You
Nice footage of open water swimming in this video (and a nice song too)
Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You from Philippe Tempelman on Vimeo.
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Short Axis Turns
Nelson Westby and Andrea Georoff of SwimMAC’s Team Elite demonstrate short axis turns.
Short Axis Turns from SwimMAC on Vimeo.
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Annamay Pierse hangs up her goggles
Well it is official! After 22 yrs of swimming I am hanging up the goggles & moving on Thank you to everyone who made it amazing! #lovealways
— Annamay Pierse (@AnnersPierse) September 19, 2012