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  • Interview with Steve Lochte, coach and father of Ryan

    Aug 17, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Technique, Training

    ‘Just keep it fun’ – I like that ! :-)

  • Water Light Grafitti

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Technology, Wow

    The “Water Light Graffiti” is a surface made of thousands of LED illuminated by the contact of water. You can use a paintbrush, a water atomizer, your fingers or anything damp to sketch a brightness message or just to draw. Sweet. Via Google Creative Sandbox on Google+

    Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau, created in the Digitalarti Artlab from Digitalarti on Vimeo.

  • Ye Shiwen hits back on China’s state TV over Olympics doping claim

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Doping

    Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen tells Chinese station CCTV of her disappointment about suggestions that she relied on performance-enhancing drugs to break the 400m individual medley world record. Via The Guardian

  • Synchronized Swimming In A Public Fountain (VIDEO)

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Posing as the official New York City synchronized swimming team, 16 “Olympic hopefuls” display their dedication by performing an energetic routine in some shallow, grimy water. See What’s Trending

  • Behold, a working Lego Submarine

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Technology

    We need more bricks !! Via übergizmo

    Lego builder “Brane” managed to discover a way of creating a Lego submarine which is fully capable of navigating through an aquarium, but gave no promises of it being watertight. What made it more attractive was the fact that you could control this remotely using an Xbox controller, sporting an underwater time of approximately 20 minutes.

  • Music Video – Smash The Idol – Gilad Vital

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Wow

    Quite awesome effects created using an underwater mirror at about 1:00, and an underwater camera turned upside down at about 2:48.

    Music Video – Smash The Idol – Gilad Vital / גלעד ויטל – נפץ את האליל from Rami Katzav on Vimeo.

  • Gillette Fusion: Alain Bernard BTS

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Equipment

    Gillette Fusion: Alain Bernard BTS from Threefold on Vimeo.

  • Ian Thorpe supports the Join In weekend at Tooting Lido swimming pool

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety, Technique

    Olympian Ian Thorpe supports the Join In weekend at Tooting Lido swimming pool from Robert 'BoB' McGowan on Vimeo.

  • Michael Phelps Swim School

    Aug 16, 2012

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety, Technique

    Cool, see mpswimschool.com

    Michael Phelps Swim School from Ainsley & Co. on Vimeo.

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