During the London 2012 Paralympic Games http://www.Paralympic.org will stream 780 hours of sport live. In the US and Canada catch the Paralympics live on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paralympicsporttv.
Via Mashable
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Mudjimba Island Charity Swimming 2012
August 2012, Queensland, Australia, charity swimming raising funds for the Nambour & Currimundi special schools. Open water, from Mudjimba Island to Mooloolaba beach, 11 Km+ off on the wrong side of the sharks nets.
Mudjimba Island Charity Swimming 2012 from Pablo Ballester on Vimeo.
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Diver and seal get real close, as in holding hands
Behold underwater wildlife cameraman Ben Burville‘s close encounter with a grey seal, ‘the front flippers of the seal can grasp much like a human hand.’
Via CBS News
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CC photo #245: Italian swimmers on a billboard in Rome
A Dolce & Gabbana ad near the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, featuring some of Italy’s most prominent Italian swimmers. I guess in connection with the then ongoing Roma 2009 World Swimming Championships. Shot taken while driving past it in the shuttle bus.
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New world record for highest freefall lifeboat
Norwegian lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has set a new freefall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat. The boat was successfully dropped from a freefall height of 60 meters, unmanned but loaded with seven tonnes to simulate the full capacity of 70 100kg people (read: average size of sailors ;-), as part of the certification tests of the boat. Read for instance Ship & Offshore
“The FF1200 managed this height in an excellent way,†says Geir Arne Veglo, CEO of Umoe Schat-Harding Equipment AS. “The FF1200 entered the water cleanly and made excellent headway.â€
My mom tried this once, from a lower height, just for the fun of it. My personal enthusiasm is more in the ‘snowman’s chance in Hell’ – category …
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How much have Lochte’s interview skills improved since the Olympics?
‘Courtesy’ of BuzzFeed, well let us see them go 1:54 in the 200 IM.
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Stanford researchers believe cooling glove more potent than steroids
Read Stanford University News, a rapid thermal exchange device nicknamed ‘the glove’ creates a vacuum to draw blood to the surface of the palms, where cold circulating water then cools the blood, which returns to the core and rapidly lowers the body’s core temperature. Greatly improving exercise recovery and performance, ‘better than steroids’. Via POPSCI
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8-year old finds $60,000 piece of whale vomit on beach
Here is 8-year old Charlie Naysmith holding 600 grams of ambergris that he found on the beach at Hengistbury Head in England, a waxy substance from the intestines of sperm whales which is used to prolong the scent of perfume. That’s it, I’m going down to the coast with a couple of liters of schnapps, to meet the whales. Read Daily Echo via Geekology
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London 2012 Paralympics – Meet the Superhumans
This ad is awesome, via Mashable