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  • Save yourself from Great Whites with AC/DC

    Jun 2, 2011

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    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

    Australian divers have found that Great White Sharks are much less aggressive when listening to AC/DC – particularly ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’. Only problem being in my view, that they at the same time become ‘investigative’, up to the point where they rub their face on the sound source (note to self: have a de-attachable sound source, and don’t sing along!) Read more here on abc.net.au.

    “Their behaviour was more investigative, more inquisitive and a lot less aggressive – they actually came past in a couple of occasions when we had the speaker in the water and rubbed their face along the speaker which was really bizarre.”

  • GB Swimming Team in Cyprus

    Jun 1, 2011

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    rokur
    in Training

    GBR Swimming Team in Cyprus – athletes attend a 10 day warm weather training camp ahead of the World Championships in Shanghai, 2nd May – 11th May 2011

  • Hand-feeding a Great White Shark

    Jun 1, 2011

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Awww, see how cutely it nips at the steel platform. Via neatorama.com.

  • Big meet in Barcelona this weekend !

    May 31, 2011

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    rokur
    in Competition

    The Mare Nostrum circuit starts in Barcelona this weekend, and our guy Pál Joensen will be there, along with 4 juniors from our Faroese squad. The start list promises a lot of world-class racing, as swim stars from around the world prepare for Shanghai 2011.

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  • Leonard Lopate interviews Diana Nyad

    May 31, 2011

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Legendary swimmer Diana Nyad talks about her sport and her plans, at the age of 61, to swim from Havana to the Florida coast without a shark tank this summer.

  • Weightless – Emotional Freediving

    May 30, 2011

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    rokur
    in Nature

    OK, it gets a bit scary for a while, but beautiful nonetheless.

  • Canals are a dangerous place to swim

    May 30, 2011

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Teens urged to swim where a lifeguard is present, stay clear of the hydros in the canal walls and keep away from high voltage wires [Heck, maybe even to switch their brains on again?]. “We don’t have a problem with them swimming, it’s the danger.”

    Canals are a dangerous place to swim: wwlp.com

  • Norwegians will fight over sewer on June 1st

    May 30, 2011

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    rokur
    in Fun

    As mentioned on April 29, Norway’s Forsvarsbygg is looking for new usage of the old sewer facilites under Festningsplassen in Oslo, with bidders being at least a cinema, a concert hall and a water recreational facility. Next phase is a “Fight Club” in the old (and I guess not yet renovated) facilities on June 1st, arranged by Oslo Arkitektforening (Architect Union of Oslo) and Oslo Byforum (Oslo City Forum), which will result in a winner being chosen at the end of the night. Fighting for the sewer pool, in the blue corner, president of the Norwegian Swimming Federation, Per Rune Eknes. As they say here, ‘For the first time ever, the Fight Club goes underground. It is guaranteed to become dirty.”

    Via simma.nu/no

  • Britta Steffen won’t cut her hair until after London 2012

    May 29, 2011

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Britta SteffenInteresting interview here on Welt Am Sonntag, where Steffen says that she will let her hair grow up to the Olympics, only cutting the tips as a good luck charm. She hopes to do good at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships, to prove that she is still to be reckoned with, but has her absolute focus on London 2012, where after she will start her master’s degree in business communication. And then she talks about her love for kids, maybe planning some with her fiancé Paul Biedermann. The 123. German Championships start on Tuesday, which double as selection for Shanghai 2011. Via SwimNews.dk

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