Extreme Underwater Ironing

By Peter Etnoyer, on January 22nd, 2009 6 comments   Gadgets & Gear   Brits, Diving  

A brave clan of 86 British scuba divers have reclaimed the coveted world title for underwater ironing, defeating Australia’s previous record of 72 scuba divers flattening wet shirts last year. Reuters News calls the new extreme underwater sport “not a complete waste of time.”

Watch the video here.

6 comments to Extreme Underwater Ironing

• Andrew

  January 22, 2009 at 19:57 · Reply

  The real “Iron-Man” competition, eh?

• Peter Mc

  January 23, 2009 at 16:08 · Reply

  Reuters News calls the new extreme underwater sport “not a complete waste of time.”

  On what basis?

• Peter Etnoyer

  January 23, 2009 at 19:45 · Reply

  I guess if its underwater, its a good time. :)

• Hilary Minor

  January 24, 2009 at 08:25 · Reply

  Gosh! The things we Brits get up to! It’s inspiring, isn’t it?

• Davsot

  January 31, 2009 at 23:59 · Reply

  Wow

• Jay

  September 17, 2009 at 12:36 · Reply

  What many of the news sites failed to pick up was the amount of money raised for the RNLI (UK Lifeboat service) – currently standing at over £15,000.