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Far as I&#8217;m concerned, if <em>I<\/em> could learn that trick, I could die a happy man.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/2006\/08\/28\/tigers-swing-in-slo-mo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neatorama<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nike ran a set of high-speed digital cameras on Tiger Woods driving a ball. The resulting slow motion replays are like watching ballet (in a good way). 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