Author: rokur
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CC photo #433: Ilaria Bianchi on top of the Istanbul 2012 medal podium
Italy’s Ilaria Bianchi gold winner in the women’s 100 meter butterfly at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. I sat beside her mother, which might explain why she’s looking this way. See the result list here
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Tarp Race between Nathan Adrian and Tyler Clary
Confession time – Once upon a time, I gave in and allowed my (teenage) swimmers to try this on the insulating swimming pool cover, after they had been begging for weeks. It was really, really fun, arranging relays and stuff on ‘dryland’ across the pool, right up until one of them went through the (old…
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Behold Brazilian biologists swimming with a giant anaconda
Read Brazil Dispatch Images of a giant anaconda being photographed underwater created a stir this week on Facebook Brazil. After the amazing images were posted and shared, many Facebook users posted comments doubting the authenticity of the photographs. Biologist Daniel De Granville, who took the pictures, assured the G1 network that the images of the…
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RefCam might very well be the next big thing in sports broadcasting
Broadcasters around the world are experimenting with mounting cameras on referees, to get a new and really in-game video angle. Now, in swimming we already have really nice video angles when the professional TV crews roll in … but maybe an idea for when we want to arrange our own (and low-cost) video streaming? See…
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Anacapa – Diving With Sea Lions
“Dive trip to Anacapa I did back in August 2012. Loved the big animals and Kelp Forrest. Shot on the GoPro Hero 2 with a dive housing and Sola 800 Video light for fish. Cut on FCPX with minimal color work.” Anacapa from Chris Aran on Vimeo.
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Heidi the Rabbit swims to relieve her pain
Heidi, a four-year-old continental giant rabbit, has had sessions in a heated pool while wearing a lifejacket, to relieve her from the pain from arthritis in her hips and knees and spondylosis in her neck. Hydrotherapy pool owner Linda Prove admitted she was sceptical when a vet referred the rabbit, but the treatment was “working…
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Greg Carter – Rebecca Soni “Behind the scenes photoshoot”
“Greg Carter on location in Irvine California with Rebecca Soni an American competition swimmer who is a breaststroke specialist and six-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100-meter breaststroke (short course) and the 200-meter breaststroke (short and long course), and is the first woman to swim the 200-meter breaststroke in under…
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St. Patrick’s Day Dalkey Island Swim 2012
“An annual charity swim around Dalkey Island that is held on St. Patrick’s Day. Most of the swimmers are active Scuba Divers and all money raised goes to the RNLI. Interviews with the organisers, participants and of course, the event itself.” St. Patrick’s Day Dalkey Island Swim 2012 from pedallist on Vimeo.
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A man learns how stun gun fishing can be a bit tricky
Via Arbroath, a man fishing in a Vietnamese river learned the hard way how difficult it can be to fish safely by improvised stun gun. A relative quickly disconnected the mains electricity, limiting his injuries to only burnt hands and bruised pride.