Category: Fun
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Cullen Jones keeps on inspiring kids to swim
We’ve been there before, but now it’s on CNN, with a lot of interesting comments from Jones himself about his choice to be a swimmer rather than a basketball player like his father, etc. Via CNN, see also Make a Splash
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Vinnie Jones’ hard and fast (hands-only) CPR
Toughest guy in the universe teaches us how to do CPR, without the kissing because “you only kiss your missus on the lips”. Courtesy of British Heart Foundation, see bhf.org.uk/handsonlyCPR, where they’re preparing a free smartphone app and everything. Thanks Vinnie!
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The “Kirsty Coventry / Eliot Mujaji” tribute song by Joe Wailer
Cool, Zimbabwean roots reggae musician Joe Wailer has made this tribute song dedicated to swimmer Kirsty Coventry and runner Elliot Mujaji, paying homage to the two athletes for raising the Zimbabwean flag high. Read the HeraldOnline http://twitter.com/#!/KirstyCoventry/status/154900358332813313
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Sportingwales photoshoot with Ieuan Lloyd
Photographer Steve Pope proving you can produce good photographs the old fashioned way with a bit of lighting, a bucket of water and no photoshop. A story was by the way on WalesOnline December 30th, on how Ieuan Lloyd is looking to emulate the achievements of Cardiff clubmate David Davies by becoming a teenage Olympian.…
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CC photo #5: A team GB supporter at Roma 2009
A team GB supporter with inflatable clapper sticks on the athlete’s stand at the Roma 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Anyone recognize her? Update: Tom Willdridge of Speed Endurance Swimming Blog did: Caitlin McClatchey
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Fishing under ice
What is happening here ? Fishing under ice from Juuso Mettälä on Vimeo.
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New Years swimming to support domestic violence victims
In Maine, roughly half of the homicides over the past ten years have been caused by domestic violence. On New Year’s day, hundreds of people took a ‘Polar Bear’ plunge in the Atlantic ocean at Gooches Beach in Kennebunk to support those victims by raising money for Caring Unlimited. Read wcsh6.com and see video:
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Keri-Anne Payne appointed as face of Max Factor
British Olympian Keri-Anne Payne has been signed as the face of Max Factor’s award winning False Lash Effect Gold Mascara. I don’t blame them. See for instance the Links of London blog, Grazia Daily and Payne’s own blog
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Behold, a hamster-driven soda bottle submarine
Another technological feat of mankind, this functional hamster wheel powered “HPS Hamstar” submarine made out of a 3-liter soda bottle. Project page is here, with photos and stuff so that you can construct one yourself, and a materials list disclosing that the biggest cost was the $12 hamster Houdina, now retired after one voyage. Via…