The other side of the wave
The Underwater Project has produced this sweet video describing what it does and showcasing the talents of founder Mark Tipple. The 29-year-old Australian has something interesting here—people have photographed other people underwater for many years, but you haven’t seen them holding on as a 12-foot wave collapses above them....
Mahjong can wait (till I finish my intervals)
A retirement community in South Carolina is forming a triathlon team. And by triathlon, they don’t mean some hokum bocce-croquet-cribbage contest (which could be fun, OK, but it’s not a triathlon). This event comprises a respectable 350-yard swim, 13-mile bike and 3.1-mile run/walk. Retirement communities used to...
Even older dude swims the channel
Sorry, Matt Damon’s uncle, who once held the record for the oldest person to swim the cold, polluted, debris-cluttered English Channel. You’ve just been outdone by 70-year-old Roger Allsopp, who flailed his way across that miserable stretch of water in a little under 18 hours. Allsopp,...
