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  • Behold a high bar base jump stunt almost ending in death

    Oct 13, 2012

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    rokur
    in WTF

    Not swimming relevant, but 47-year-old father-of-five hospital surgeon and former gymnast on the Norwegian national team Richard Henriksen attempting a death-defying high bar base jump stunt when the construction collapses. Having no time to think, he decided to just go through with the moves while the setup fell to pieces, head barely missing the cliff on the way down, managing to get the parachute opened when the bar came swooshing close by him, hitting the ground just seconds later. He has performed complicated operations on fellow base jumpers, blames frustrating IT systems for needing this primal rush, has discussed this clip with his (still smiling) kids, and doesn’t even sound like he is done with it, in this NRK report. The reporter you see spectating visibly shaking after Henriksen went down. Crazy.

    (Oh wait, in this video he performs stunts in a pool with his kids, so it is swimming relevant :-)

    ‘A society where kids don’t break arms and legs, is a bad society in my opinion’

    Here is the Norwegian report (in Norwegian)

  • Shark Riders – GoPro now even more awesome with the Protune firmware

    Oct 13, 2012

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    rokur
    in Nature, Technology, Wow

    Behold the new HD Hero2 Protune video mode that unlocks even better quality image capture, with more details in shadow and highlight and more flexibility in post production. Combined with the Dive Housing, amazing.

    (And no, I’m not affiliated, only a happy customer)

  • Teammates save swimmer whose heart stopped in pool

    Oct 12, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Organization, Safety, Wow

    A 12-year-old Wisconsin girl is alive today because her teammates took a course in CPR and used their lifesaving training when her heart stopped while she was in the pool. AWESOME !!

    Read more here on myfox9.com

    Minneapolis News and Weather KMSP FOX 9

  • CC photo #287: Men’s 100 fly final scoreboard at Roma 2009

    Oct 12, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    That moment at the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy, Michael Phelps relieved after having brushed aside boasting Milorad ฤŒaviฤ‡, with a new World record of 49.82 (ฤŒaviฤ‡ right behind him in 49.95, some of us a bit disappointed as we rooted for him :-P).

    Men's 100 fly scoreboard at Roma 2009

  • Iceland hosts 4th annual dual meet against the Faroe Islands

    Oct 12, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Faroe Islands

    Tomorrow 13 October 2012 at 16:00 local time, Sundlaug Kรณpavogs will be the venue of the 4th annual dual meet between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, in Kรณpavogur, Iceland. I expect us (the Faroese) to win a few battles, but alas yet again to loose the war :-)

    Update: The 2012 ISL-FAR dual meet will be streamed live on SportTV.is

    CIMG0904

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  • Anthony Ervin did it: $10,000+ raised for his World Cup Tour 2012

    Oct 12, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Organization, Wow

    That Indiegogo campaign paid off, Anthony Ervin’s World Cup Tour 2012 fundraiser has as of now raised $10,785, with 19 days left. You can still support him and claim perks, half of the money made over $10,000 going to Marmade’s “Water to the Thirsty” project, providing clean water to those in the world who need it most.

    And oh yes, we received a shout-out ! :-D

    Here is a shoutout to some great swim bloggers! @swimutopia @abbanibi @swimming @the17thman @swimmersdaily #swimminginwords

    — Anthony Ervin (@AnthonyErvin) October 12, 2012

  • Water dogs in super slow motion

    Oct 12, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

    This video was shot at 1000fps-2500fps with a Fastcam and Phantom camera. Super!

  • Huge eyeball from unknown creature washes up on Florida beach

    Oct 12, 2012

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    rokur
    in Nature, Wow, WTF

    Taking his usual morning stroll along the surf in Pompano Beach, Gino Covacci noticed a strange ball-like object at the high tide line. He kicked it over and found himself staring at the biggest eyeball he had ever seen. Quite fresh also, by the looks of it, and the whole ‘still bleeding’ bit. They are now investigating who the owner can possibly be, I expect he’ll be there soon enough ;-) See video on Orlando Sentinel, via Arbroath

  • Rain room lets you walk between the drops

    Oct 12, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Technology

    The Rain Room, an exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London, is a room from whose ceiling torrential rain falls. However, a series of 3D cameras are used to track where people in the room are, and it selectively stops the rain such that you effectively walk between the drops. Still noisy though, Read boingboing

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Rรณkur รญ Jรกkupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)


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