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With the English Channel, Catalina Channel, North Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Molokai Channel and Tsugaru Channel seasons over for 2012, the global Oceans Seven season heads into 2013 and the Cook Strait season soon. Besides Stephen Redmond of Ireland who remains the only person to achieve this elusive goal, there are many who have completed […]
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English Channel record holder and FINA Grand Prix champion Trent Grimsey of Australia and 2-time Olympic gold medalist Ous Mellouli met twice before in the open water. And Grimsey has won both times at the 2008 and 2009 Tiburon Mile (20:31 vs. 20:52 in 2008, and 22:18 vs. 23:47 in 2009). Their third clash will
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Under the direction of Charlie and Sally Minty-Gravett, the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club helped many attempt and complete swims that ended in smiles during its 2012 season. These included Wendy Trehiou across the English Channel in 15 hours 0 minutes for the second time and a number of Round Jersey soloists: Goerwaat Oplinis (Belgium)
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Heads Of State Comfortable In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Cayman Islands. Similar to Governor His Excellency The Governor Duncan Taylor of the Cayman Islands, President Obama is comfortable and more than competent in the open water. While Governor Taylor competes frequently in the sea swims in the Cayman Island, President Obama has much
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The 2008 Big Shoulders Swim in Chicago caused quite a stir – both for and against – when with the annual open water swim in Lake Michigan printed t-shirts and offered finish medals with President Obama’s image. With President Obama winning a second term, it looks the 2008 t-shirts with the president in goggles may
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Skip Storch, who did a triple circumnavigation of Manhattan Island, has been in the thick of the relief efforts to help residents wiped out by Hurricane Sandy in the New York area. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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If sportsmen were related, surfers and open water swimmers could be considered close cousins. In 1964 when director Bruce Brown made his first Endless Summer film, there were only 4 countries where there was surfing. Over the last generation, surfing has proliferated around the world. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Mercedes Gleitz has been selected as Pioneer Honoree for the International Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Her remarkable life is being commemorated in a documentary that is being filmed now. She was one of the most remarkable women of the 20th century. In 1927, the relentless Londoner became the first English woman to
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Captain Tim Johnson, author of the History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming explains why it feel warmer in the shallow water, “Because of the shallow depth, the sun’s rays penetrate the water and heat up the sand below so you have the surface water being heated by reflection and by accumulated heat from below.” [Read more…]
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Matt Paz is a triathlete and endurance athlete who will attempt to become the first person to join the Sub-32 Marathon Club (alternatively, the Sub-3 x 2 Marathon Club within the same month. Paz, within 30 days, will attempt to run a sub-3 hour marathon, considered pretty good for the average runner, as well as
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