Category: Fun
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Jeez, Cameron’s deep sea sub is a spinning fast-diving vertical thorpedo
This sounds like the stuff that severe seasickness is made of: He calls it a vertical torpedo. The axis of his 24-foot-long craft is upright rather than horizontal, speeding the plunge. His goal is to fall and rise as quickly as possible so he can maximize his time investigating the dark seabed. He wants to…
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Are submarines the new yachts for the wealthy?
Some call it the final frontier. While humans have breached the limitations of land, air and space, the underwater world remains largely untouched. Read more here on ABC News
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Reporters say the darndest things
Video from James Magnussen’s 100 freestyle post race interview at the Australian Trials. Reporter says (@0:30): “Just pause it here as you’re coming into the wall, we’ll just get the boys to pause it. How important is the turn at this stage?”. Magnussen is being all polite and talking about ‘momentum’ and stuff … but…
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The President, the Coach, the Champ and me
There I was, about to be beaten to a pulp by the former Danish 200 meter butterfly champion, now president of the Faroese swimming federation, the coach of Pál Joensen, and the guy who used to be able to do 100 pushups in 1 minute (and still probably can). Must work on my start, my…
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Rottnest Island
This is not so swimming relevant, but just a really nice video demonstrating what can be done with ‘amateur’ cameras these days. A trip to Rottnest Island, Western Australia, captured on Canon 7D and GoPro Hero. Love the colors, the clarity and those weird animals.
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“To Tell the Truth” featuring Don Schollander
Four-times Olympic gold medallist Don Schollander (and impostors) appears on “To Tell the Truth” back in 1964. Courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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CC photo #76: Swedish Droppy with his handler
That Swedish guy again, who borrowed one of the ‘Droppy’ mascot outfits at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships, from the guy in cream-colored pants.
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Stephanie Rice chilling in an ice bath
Comment “Ice bath pain 11 degrees“, sure hope those are Celcius and not Fahrenheit! :-)
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With the Aussie Trials coming up, here’s a Vegemite ad
Funny commercial here promoting the not-so-funny Australian food paste thingy called Vegemite. Tried it while staying in Shetland back in 1988, still remember the taste.