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  • CC photo #314: Scene after the Rijeka 2008 men’s 100 back

    Nov 9, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    Lots of stuff happening, world record breaker Stanislav Donets (RUS) and a couple of others really happy while runner-up Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) looks a bit speculative. See result list here.

    Scene after the Rijeka 2008 men's 100 back

  • The brief on Aussie men’s underwear habits

    Nov 9, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Gossip

    Australian swimmer and Jac5 ambassador, James Magnussen joins the desk to chat about the somewhat surprising statistics of the average Australian man’s underwear habits.

  • FinSwimming champion does a dolphin jump

    Nov 9, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Technique, Wow

    Wow, via SCAQ Blog

  • SOAB INSIDE

    Nov 9, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Wow

    This is wild, river rafting and cliff jumping via GoPro on Facebook

  • Swimming with Crocodiles

    Nov 8, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Nature, Wow, WTF

    Vince Shaks and Laurent Ballesta journey down the mysterious waters into the heart of the crocodiles’ lair to film these misunderstood animals.

  • Tonga – swimming with the Humpbacks

    Nov 8, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Nature, Open Water, Wow

    Wow

    Tonga – swimming with the Humpbacks from Luke van der Rijt on Vimeo.

  • Subwing Lets You Fly Underwater

    Nov 8, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Equipment, Fun, Technology

    Invented by a team of Norwegians who came up with the idea while sailing through the Greek Islands, the Subwing system is even compatible with its own GoPro setup so that divers can record their underwater antics. Read Gadling

  • CC photo #313: Almost there

    Nov 8, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Fun, Technique

    A coach giving last-minute instructions at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. By the look of his hand sign, it must be almost there :-)

    Almost there

  • Ryan Lochte Presents the All-New Nissan Sentra

    Nov 8, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun

    “Like” laugh and win a trip to Hollywood: 
    https://www.facebook.com/NissanSentra/app_360899477332977

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