Category: Fun
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Jeanette Ottesen battles a Danish ice hockey player
World Champion Jeanette Ottesen versus Frederik Storm, ice hockey player on the Danish national team, with the decision made to have the water liquid rather than frozen. In Danish yes, but I’m sure you’ll be able to pick out the winner, regardless of language :-)
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Are you smarter than Nathan Adrian ?
A different kind of the Morning Swim Show interview, courtesy of SwimmingWorld Magazine, testing what Nathan Adrian knows about a variety of topics, from astronomy to American history.
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(Cool) Aquabotix HydroView beams your video to the iPad
The Aquabotix HydroView is an easy-to-use, remote-operated underwater vehicle that beams a live high-definition view back to the surface. Controlled using an iPad, smartphone or laptop, the HydroView shoots full 1080p HD video or stills, and returns it to your controller. And looks the part, like something out of Star Trek, only for underwater purposes.…
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Man throws himself into pool fully clothed to protest membership notice, wins
40-year-old Ian Whitfield dived into the pool at David LLoyd Gym in Darenth Road, Dartford, UK, in his business suit after being told he had to serve three months notice to terminate his membership. He and his partner had missed the deadline with a few days, and faced with having to pay £300, he starting…
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Christy Healy first man ever to swim 10 km underwater without surfacing
A 10 km underwater swim undertaken by 40-year-old Irishman Christy Healy last month has now been confirmed as a world first by the Guinness Book of Records, and also raised over €14,000 for the Share a Dream Foundation for terminally ill children. It took him 6 hours 21 minutes to make the record, on the…
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Sleep-swimming with the E-man
That video is gonna haunt him at his wedding ! :-) Emmett is Sleep Swimming Again from Ben Husmann on Vimeo.
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Otter learns to swim in bath tub
A 3-month-old otter is being taught how to swim and socialize with other animals after he was found alone on a building site in Wales. I just spent 3 hours unclogging our bathtub here at home, so this is very relevant to me :-P
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Santa swims with sharks at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
If you’re in the vicinity of Tacoma, WA and looking for something to do with the kids this holiday season, then go to the Point Defiance Zoo and see Santa swim with sharks. Via myfoxspokane.com. And if he doesn’t bring you those presents you want when Christmas comes, then rest assured that it was probably…