Swimmer's Daily

Category: Fun

  • If ever I should choose another sport than swimming

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    It would *NOT* be this one, crazy crazy base jumper Jeb Corliss ‘grinding the crack’ of the Eiger in Switzerland, with added GoPro fun for the rest of us to piss ourselves. There is now a slow-motion version too, that doesn’t make it less crazy (au contraire). Apparently he made at least 2 runs, because…

  • Leisure diving is the new planking

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    Following the craze of planking, here comes www.leisuredive.com where divers try to strike a ‘leisure pose’ in mid-air before hitting the water. “Ideally, a photographer captures the moment when the diver has reached peak height above water, when his or her hips are parallel to the waterline. If successful, the result is an airborne Corona…

  • GoSwim testing the LifeProof waterproof iPhone case

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    At the recent ASCA Convention in San Diego, during a demonstration of the Endless Pool Elite, GoSwim tested the LifeProof waterproof iPhone case. Nice sci-fi sound while underwater, but that is maybe just the pump.

  • Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Swim Party)

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    Nice video (and great soundtrack), but as a father of teenage daughters, I’m sure this was one of those days that daddy chose to stay at work, rather than suffer the noise of 20 giggling girls. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Chiron Swim Party from Davey Orgill on Vimeo.

  • Bei Maejor – Swim Well (Swim Good Piano Remix)

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    Very nice cover of Frank Ocean’s “Swim Good” by Bei Maejor, capturing the feel of just taking a swim from it all. Via You Heard That New. Here is the original Frank Ocean track with some (yes) added GoPro fun Swim Good from Caseytography on Vimeo.

  • Osaka Station fountain displays time and art in water

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    This is totally on the outskirts of swimming relevance, but my gosh this fountain is impressive, located in the South Gate Building of the Osaka Station City complex. Water counts, right ? Via cnet.com and Geeks are Sexy.

  • Good quality video of the Magnini vs dolphins swim

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    Via hollandswimming.nl, this much better quality video than in our original post. Doesn’t do him justice though, still whooped badly by the dolphins. Speed race between man and dolphin by silvan500

  • Sealander, the Amphibious Camping Trailer

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    This German-designed Sealander Amphibious Camping Trailer does double duty as both a place to rest and a lake-worthy water vessel. Ultra-light and waterproof, to be towed by almost any vehicle, and with a handy outboard motor for when on the water. The soundtrack could be a little less “The Last Samurai” me thinks, and a…

  • The Vandenberg Art Exhibition requires a scuba diving certification

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    Or serious freediving skills, an underwater art exhibit has debuted on the former Air Force missile tracking ship “Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg” sunk in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary seven miles south of Key West to become an artificial reef. In other news, the art world is weird. Via Neatorama.