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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week, the open water swimming community was shocked and saddened with the plans of the U.S. federal government and commercial interests to move the ferry service to Alcatraz Island next door to the South End Rowing Club at Ft Mason in San Francisco Bay’s Aquatic Park. Campaigns were […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On the weekends, open water swimmers do the unprecedented and the unusual: they swim against currents, face sharks, swim up and down massive ocean swells. Yet on weekdays, they return to their cubicles, offices and desks like white-collar employees around the world. They are outwardly mild-mannered workers, medical personnel,
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Towering Waves Call It A Night Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers talk about huge oncoming waves, towering massive upsurges, and cresting swells with whitecaps that present obstacles to their swims. Swim photos show that these swims are indeed large, but often the size is actually debatable. However, there are occasional swims
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the sextet of Night Train Swimmers are fighting against the cold and wind as they head out to the Farallon Islands on their two-way Farallon relay, the Marathon Swimmers Federation is testing a new way to track myriad parameters of marathon swimmers. A very cool and convenient application
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Photo and information courtesy of Francismar Siviero of NATAÇÃO Master, Brasil. Betina Lorscheitter of Grêmio Náutico União won the second stage at the 5 km Campeonato Brasileiro de Maratonas Aquáticas in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1 hour 2 minutes. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Government of Canada announced its continued investment in supporting high-levels sports through a federal subsidy to support additional coaches, improve the athletes’ daily training environment, and delivering sport medicine and sport science services to potential Olympic and Paralympic podium athletes. Beginning in 2016-2017, the Government of Canada will
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Courtesy of FINA. Women’s Results: 1. Aurelie Muller (FRA) 2:09:18.7 2. Anna Olasz (HUN) 2:09:45.8 3. Coralie Codevelle (FRA) 2:10:27.0 4. Heidi Gan (MAS) 2:12:34.1 5. Adeline Furst (FRA) 2:15:12.8 6. Marion Brunel (FRA) 2:15:57.4 7. Samantha Watts (AUS) 2:17:35.6 8. Sammy Winward (NZL) 2:21:59.7 Men’s Results: 1. Rhys Mainstone (AUS) 1:56:53.9 2. Marc-Antoine Olivier
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Photos and information courtesy of Dr. Dave Ogden on board the SEQUEL riding out to the Farallon Islands. “The plan is to swim out and back,” so simply says Captain Vito Bialla. But nothing out and back to the Farallon Islands is so simple. Veteran Patti Bauernfeind [shown above and below] was the lead-off swimmer
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands. As swimming coach Betsy Medalla explains, “Swimming in open water is free. Long distance open water swimming evens out the playing field; it is less about might or arm span, and leans more toward strategy and determination. We should excel at
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Courtesy of WOWSA from Sunset Beach, California. As the tankers and cargo ships gradually clear from the Catalina Channel and return to plowing across the Pacific Ocean rather than sitting anchored in the San Pedro Channel near the Long Beach Harbor, the deadline approaches to receive a discount sanction fee from the Catalina Channel Swimming
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