To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Historical Society of Central Florida will announce on May 9th that Lucky’s Lake Swim is a significant occurrence in Central Florida history. Lucky’s Lake Swim has been a staple event for not only Central Floridians, but for many Americans, Olympians and international visitors from 50 countries over the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2015 USA Swimming 10K Open Water National Championships will serve as the USA Swimming Trials for the FINA Open Water World Championship Team, the Pan American Games Open Water Team, the World University Games Open Water Team, the USA Swimming Open Water National Team and the USA Swimming
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Photo courtesy of Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After the 2014 Portland Bridge Swim was cancelled due to deteriorating weather and lightening, race director Marisa Frieder is excited for the 17.2 km edition for 2015. “This year’s Portland Bridge Swim will take place on July 12th. Registration opens tomorrow
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Courtesy of Jax Shek-O Challenge, a 2.2 km point-to-point race from Big Wave Bay to Shek-O Back Beach. Do a swim either in very far or very cold or very rough water and many people feel like a hero. And rightly so. Big Wave Bay or Tai Long Wan (大浪灣) is a bay in the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kirsten Read, with one really cool logo designed by Mitch Lopata of Skokie, Illinois, is the founder and head of KGR Coaching in Kennebunk, Maine. At the age 40, Brown University alumna began open water swimming and set off on a career of open water swimming while she still
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When young children can see and do something spectacular, it creates a lasting impression. When many of them do something spectacular together, it can create a powerful movement and a lasting mindset. This is what Doug Woodring and Ocean Recovery Alliance are helping do within their open water swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We have traveled nearly 3,000,000 air miles to open water swimming events around the world. We have visited swimmers and coaches, administrators and volunteers, paddlers and pilots, physicians and race directors, volunteers and shark divers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe
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Dancing In The Water, a film by Wayne Ewing about the recovery of Lake Pontchartrain – and the first person to swim across it. Original music by 84-year-old David Amram who played for over 14 hours with Papa Mali during the 25-mile crossing by Matthew Moseley. Courtesy of DancingInTheWater.com and EwingFilms.com Dancing in the Water,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tampa Bay Marathon Swim founder and race director Ron Collins is ready for the 2015 edition this Saturday “12 solo swimmers and three relay teams have entered the 18th Annual 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim. Swimmers and their fans will be able to follow all of the action
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Hooper received a big boost when Arena announced its support of Swim the Big Blue, his pan-Atlantic swimming expedition in an attempt to become the first person to swim across every mile of the Atlantic Ocean. Arena decided to become the official technical sponsor of Swim the Big
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