Category: Fun
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Go vote for Gabe Marsh, the 7-year-old swimmer with 1 arm and no legs !
7-year-old Gabriel Marsh is an active swimmer into his third season as a Gunthersville Aquacat, easily completing a full 25-meters in the video below despite only having only one arm and no legs. He is a finalist for America Inspired Outstanding Youth, a contest celebrating extraordinary youngsters setting an example for all generations. Go vote…
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90-year-old realizes dream of becoming a lifeguard
A 90-year-old former professional swimmer and diver fulfilled a dream of her youth when she became an honorary lifeguard at the ED Isakson-Alpharetta Family YMCA on Friday 13th. She was given her own whistle, lifeguard certificate and lifeguard rescue float before taken poolside. Read Alpharetta-MiltonPatch
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Russian artist paints underwater in the Red and Black seas
Denis Lotarev is holding an exhibition St. Petersburg’s “Art Space” gallery until January 24, 2012, of his works created underwater in the Red and Black seas. Read for instance wtvy.com My personal comment: If you have a crazy project to present, and want to make it look perfectly sane, it sure helps to be able…
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The fat freediver in Egypt
Hey, that is the name of the video :-) Personally, I could never live there. Too few cod, and if possible even less haddock! Sigh.
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CC photo #15: My paparazzi self-portrait from the Roma 2009 World Championships
Shot of myself through a mirror somewhere in the Holiday Inn Rome-Aurelia, during the Roma 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Those sponsored sun hats looked silly but were very practical in the blazing Italian sun, I still keep mine as a (in Faroe Islands totally useless) memento. It reminds me of this great Roma 2009 promo…
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Can you do this? Wolles the one-man TV crew
Faroese freelancer Ólavur Wolles producing a segment ‘on-the-fly’ for our national TV channel, working the camera, lights and sound while interviewing two youngsters simultaneously. Here’s the result – I feature also, sorry about that ! :-) (Thanks Bartal for your crazy angles … Everytime I try to be a bit serious, my dear kid brother…
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Top 10 hotel swim-up bars
Sigh, number one is Dreams Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Well at least my dreams are for free ! :-) See full list here on boston.com
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Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies features new exhibit
Interactive and with 12 different types of sharks that you can face to face with. Available only for a limited time at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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Fort Lauderdale Rough Water Swim
The International Swimming Hall of Fame hosts its annual 1 Mile Swim off historic Ft. Lauderdale Beach … and this is how to do an open water swim video ! Fort Lauderdale Rough Water Swim from Jarret Streiner on Vimeo.