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  • Behold, clever octopus breaks into bait canister while wrestling shark

    Oct 3, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Nature, Science, Wow

    Those things are cunning, here is an octopus breaching into a baited canister by removing three cable ties, while at the same time restraining a pyjama shark. Filmed by Lauren De Vos and her team testing their baited remote underwater video (BRUV) system in False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. The banjo music is added (I think). Read more here on NY Daily News

    Foiled by an octopus … from Lauren De Vos on Vimeo.

  • Ryan Lochte: The Most Innovative Swimmer’s Workout Ever

    Oct 3, 2012

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    rokur
    in Health, Training

    Ryan’s workout, in and out of the pool, may well be among the toughest in the world. He explains what his 7-day-a-week regimen includes (it totals 30 to 35 hours a week), a combination of swimming and weight/strength training. Via the17thman

  • CC photo #278: The HBMBR Sport Complex main entrance at night

    Oct 3, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    The road to the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex main entrance, during the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships. Impressive.

    The HBMBR Sport Complex main entrance at night

  • FINA World Cup 2012, Dubai Day 1

    Oct 2, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition

    On this first day of the 2012 FINA World Cup circuit, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu bagged $5,000 in prize money, winning the women’s 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 200 IM. Most winning male swimmer was Japan’s Daiya Seto, collecting $3,500 by winning the 400 IM and being second in the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke. See all results here on Omega Timing, more details on SwimmingWorld Magazine and video replays here on FINA TV.

  • Grant Hackett, Swimming and Success

    Oct 2, 2012

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    rokur
    in History

    Footage from the Olympic Review Dinner at Parliament House 2008

  • Tlaloc’s Under Water Warriors

    Oct 2, 2012

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    rokur
    in Organization, Wow

    USC Swim and Dive Team. Wow.

    Tlaloc’s Under Water Warriors from Hutch Picture Co & BSN on Vimeo.

  • Surviving Cold Water Immersion & Hypothermia

    Oct 2, 2012

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Volunteers experience the 3 effects of cold water immersion – cold shock, cold incapacitation & hypothermia. Learn how to survive a fall into cold water. When a person is immersed in cold water without a life jacket on, there are limits to how long a person can keep themselves afloat – regardless of what swimming (or floating) technique is used.

    Surviving Cold Water Immersion & Hypothermia from Innerspace Watersports on Vimeo.

  • Off The Deck – Ben Titley

    Oct 2, 2012

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    rokur
    in Organization

    A Swim Ontario interview with Ben Titley – new Head Coach of the National Swim Centre – Ontario.

    Off The Deck – Ben Titley from Swim Ontario on Vimeo.

  • Sub-mission: Skydiving Underwater

    Oct 2, 2012

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    rokur
    in Wow

    Professional photographer Mike Burdon spent 22 months into a project that no one has
    ever done before: Taking skydiving underwater to create spectacular photographs. Really nice in a weird way :-)

    Sub-mission. Skydiving Underwater by Mike Burdon from TURBOLENZA on Vimeo.

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