Author: rokur
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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.
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Swim tips: Managing Immersion Shock Through Cold Water Priming
Ah, there is a methodology. That makes it much easier. I guess. Here’s our inaugural swim tips video. The idea for doing this came to me while I was shoveling snow all day yesterday! All humor aside, this is a great way to manage immersion shock prior to swimming in colder water temperatures.
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Let’s have a swim in Finland
“Release your inner Finn !” or, Swimming in the ice in Finland. – laidback French guy FTW
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CC photo #432: KawÄ™cki after winning the Istanbul 2012 men’s 200 back
It was awesome, the way Poland’s RadosÅ‚aw KawÄ™cki moved past Ryan Lochte underwater after the final turn, to win the men’s 200 meter backstroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See the result list here
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Extremely Painful High Dive Disaster
“Film producer Chris Chapman trains to take on the ten metre diving board – only for things to go horribly wrong! ”
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Touch The Wall
“Here’s a promo for the upcoming feature film “Touch the Wall” featuring Kara Lynn Joyce and Missy Franklin. Along with their Coach Todd Schmitz and families, this film has been a few years in the making, and needs your support to make it to the big screen. Support the making of this film on Kickstarter.…
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Missy’s First Medal
“An excerpt from our film Touch The Wall, shot just after Missy returned home from the London Olympics. Unedited.” See Touch The Wall on Facebook