Category: Faroe Islands
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CC photo #237: 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk start position
My wife took this photo just before the start of the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk. Our oldest daughter right in front of her, filming the event. Team work ! :-)
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Video from the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk
Here at last, the video from the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk, last Saturday, my daughter filming the start with our GoPro and then me trying to get steady shots on the rocking fish farm ring that was the finishing line.
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CC photo #236: 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk Participants
11 swimmers ready for a cold 200 meter sprint across the bay of KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, on Sjómannadagurin 2012 (the annual “Seamen’s Day”).
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Behold the annual water war of KlaksvÃk
A tradition at “Sjómannadagurin” (Seamen’s Day) in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, equipping kids with ordinary water guns to challenge big boys with fire hoses. The water is cold, the warning always, “Don’t expect to stay dry!” :-)
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This should be an Olympic sport
Me and my kids at that “Seaman’s Day” in KlaksvÃk, last Saturday. If anything says “Citius, Altius, Fortius“, it is the stacking of boxes with yourself on them. And the product placed sponsor is obvious ! :-P
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CC photo #235: Extreme rower Livar Nysted giving free rides to kids on a tiny viking ship
Funny and most adorable sight in KlaksvÃk, last Saturday, Faroese rowing legend Livar Nysted giving free rides to kids on a small Faroese rowing boat that he refitted to resemble a viking ship. Silly hat and all, still this guy was part of the 4-man-crew that in 2010 set the still standing transatlantic rowing world…
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CC photo #234: That feeling
The joy of jumping into an industrial harbor, two young sea swimmers almost ready for their dip into the dark and cold waters of KlaksvÃk, Saturday, extremely salty with a splash of oil, bottom nowhere in sight.
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CC photo #233: Me trying to get steady shots on a crowded fish farm ring
A photo from the 2012 Swim Across The Bay in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, yesterday. First swimmer Alvi already out of the water and the second LÃv on her way. Not so easy, trying to get steady video on a relatively narrow fish farm ring, with people moving about and around me, and waves in general…
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CC photo #232: Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk 2012 Medal Winners
Medal winners of the 2012 annual open water swim across the bay of KlaksvÃk, today. A video is on its way :-)