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  • Behold Captain the freediving dog

    Aug 27, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

    35 feet in one breath, probably the canine world record ! :-)

    Here is him retrieving two frisbees in one dive, wow

  • Blair Evans & Eamon Sullivan on Nova

    Aug 27, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Gossip

    Blair Evans and Eamon Sullivan dropped by the Nova studio to talk to Nathan, Nat and Shaun about post Games lifestyle. Classy intro, “Do you know how hard it was to follow you guys over at the Olympics without being able to say ‘Olympics’?” See NovaFM

  • Eve and Candace on the Nathan Adrian / Matt Grevers bromance

    Aug 27, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Fun, Gossip

    Eve and Candace discuss the love shared between Nathan Adrian and Matt Grevers. Brace yourselves.

  • Wayne Soutter makes history with North Channel swim

    Aug 27, 2012

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    rokur
    in History, Open Water

    43-year-old South African Wayne Soutter has become the first person ever to swim from the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland to the north Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. Others have conquered the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland, but none of them have crossed by the shortest and most treacherous route, from Kintyre. And it was tough, see the BBC, via NewsLetter.

  • CC photo #241: Oldest and youngest, coach and swimmer

    Aug 27, 2012

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

    Yup, that is right, I’m blatantly pushing my kids into swimming. First day of swimming for our youngest, last Saturday, second year of coaching for our oldest.

    Oldest and youngest, coach and swimmer

  • Lochte’s sister Megan apologizes for “racist” video

    Aug 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    Ryan Lochte’s sister Megan Lochte is in hot water for making offensive remarks during a talk show appearance back in 2008, saying now it is misunderstood, that the “talk show” was actually a comedy skit. See US Weekly via BlackBook and Gossip Cop

    This was not a real interview, and it in no way reflects my true feelings or persona whatsoever, The intent was to make fun of the ignorance of people who actually do not have an understanding of other cultures and speak in racist ways. The skit and my character were supposed to be making fun of ignorance … I do see how it was highly offensive to the viewer, but as seen by today’s widespread outrage, it clearly did increase awareness of the ignorance of those who are racist. … While the intent of the script was to shed light on cultural ignorance. I realize that in application it did offend people, and for that I apologize.

  • CC photo #240: 3 guys having fun with a fishing crate in Toftir harbor

    Aug 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands, Fun, Open Water

    A strange sight in Toftir harbor, yesterday evening, three young men who’d put on wetsuits and lowered a fishing crate into the harbor, to see if they could get up into it all three at once. Quite difficult, by the looks of it, as it was very prone to keeling over. Moments later, all three and the crate were safe on the quay again.

    3 guys having fun with a fishing crate in Toftir harbor

  • Bride drowns during photo shoot when wedding dress pulls her into the river

    Aug 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in Nature, Open Water, Safety

    Warning to all wedding photographers, a newly married Montreal-area women drowned this past Friday during a ‘trash the dress’ photo shoot in the Ouareau River. The 30-year-old woman stepped into water that was neither deep nor fast-flowing. However, her wedding dress soaked up the river water, making it extremely heavy. She then slipped on the rocks and was carried away by the river, a volunteer scuba diver later locating her body at the bottom of a stagnant pool of water about 100 feet away where the shoot was taking place. The photographer and a passerby even tried to help her, but weren’t able to lift her out of the water, simply because her dress was so heavy. Read The Montreal Gazette via PetaPixel

  • Behold, the world’s first water jetpack wedding

    Aug 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in Equipment, Fun

    Grant and Amanda Engler were married Thursday in Newport Beach. Their wedding, which was organized by ZOZI, an “adventure travel” start-up, is believed to be the world’s first jet pack wedding. See Buzzfeed, but warning, bride in a seriously short miniskirt (/ maybe none at all)

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