Category: Fun
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Why you shouldn’t swim with Candace Bailey
Because she pees in it, that’s why. See g4tv.com Video Games – E3 2012 – Comedy
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CC photo #22: Pál and Eyðbjørn ready for the Jóansøku 2010 lake swim
Pál Joensen and Eyðbjørn Joensen ready for the Jóansøku 2010 open water swim in Vági, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Eyðbjørn with the thumbs up has opted for the insulated solution, while Pál opted for the really fast (and cold) Jaked ‘supersuit’ solution.
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Swim Slow – Marta Hugon TV special
Nice song, I think by Portuguese singer here Marta Hugon. Bruno Pedroso on drums, Filipe Melo on piano, Mário Delgado on guitar and Nelson Cascais on double bass. Swim Slow – Especial TV Marta Hugon from Nuno Neves on Vimeo.
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3rd annual underwater world checkers tournament held in Janeda, Estonia
On Sunday January 15th, 42 divers from all parts of Estonia gathered for the 3rd annual ‘world’ underwater checkers championships. Players have six minutes per game, the checker pieces are made of lead, and last year they broke the Guinness world record with 55 contestants playing checkers underwater at the same time. Read NTN24
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Received a nice email from London this morning
Thanks John Tierney, for starting my day out on a positive note ! Here below is a Happy Christmas / Serpentine Swim Celebration song featuring John and two others from the Serpentine Swimming Club. You know, if we added a bass (/me) to that trio, it could be a proper barbershop quartet ! :-)
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CC photo #20: A final talk before the Jóansøku 2011 swim
Two guys having a final chat before the Jóansøku 2011 open water swim across the Tvøroyri firth in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. As you see, we are not following the open water rules strictly, when it comes to gloves and caps and snorkels etc. But then again, with the water temperature seldom over 7ºC (44.6ºF), it…
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Phew, missing statue of St Francis is found
The 3.5-ton underwater statue of Saint Francis of Paola has been found, that disappeared in December. A patrol boat spotted a small floating buoy some 200 metres from the place where the statue was originally located, members of the Paola Divers Unit were called, and found the statue tied to the buoy’s mooring line, possibly…
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Axa commercial featuring Lotte Friis
It is her first television commercial, she says on Facebook. Axa is a Lantmännen brand of breakfast products, here promoting their oatmeal flakes in particular.
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Can you do this ? – SuSvim building upon the group pushups
Wow, a 4-man pushup with lift-off exercise, a 4-girl endurance session and … a, ehm, human pushup centipede ? (If you look closely, you’ll notice that the front man in the first exercise is Pál Joensen)