Category: Fun
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Sea Swimming
Here the Siobhan McKenna Cup in Ireland, 11 August, 2012. They sure took their sweet time to get in the water. Sea Swimming from Afric Creedon on Vimeo.
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British Gas Super Swimmer Challenge
Do you have what it takes to live the life of a professional swimmer? Could you handle the training, the strict diet regime, the media attention and the pressure of competition? Take the British Gas Super Swimmer Challenge between 29 August and 12 October 2012 to find out and you could win a day with…
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Ryan Lochte on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Wow, Lochte on the grills controversy at London 2012: “I put them in right before I was walking out, and they said ‘we’ll strip you from your gold medal if you go up there’”. The grills might be cheesy, but oh my IOC / FINA, that is *really* classy of you. Wow. Part 1 Part…
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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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Humpback whale breaching startles kayakers, boaters, pelicans
A woman kayaking in the middle of a California bay has captured the moment a massive whale unexpectedly breached just meters away from her daughter. 9News via Arbroath A few days later, a 69-year-old retired high school biology teacher spent an hour taking amazing pictures of a humpback whale rising from the water also off…
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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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Ryan Lochte interviewed in Vegas
Barechested alongside girls in bikinis, thank god he’s not a congressman ! :-) Via the17thman
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Congressman Yoder apologizes for skinny dip in the Sea of Galilee
Oh the humanity, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas apologized to his constituents Sunday night after a published report revealed the freshman lawmaker swam nude in the Sea of Galilee during a private fact-finding trip to the Mideast last August. Giggle, read more here on The Kansas City Star and see for instance ABC News…
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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…