To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Matty Mitchell, creator of the Big Richard, created the underground hit single Streamline, a snappy ditty about swimming. Streamline I lost my mind Got caught up on the lane line But it was all fine ’cause I got my best time And I am coming up with this sappy little rhyme About swimming And swimming […]
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Matty Mitchell and Hank Wise, two charismatic crooners who were former world-class swimmers, created a three-part set of lyrics, chants, songs and team cheers for pool and open water swimmers. The dynamic duo from Long Beach, California spend more time in their board shorts and swimsuits than any other form of attire as they have
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MIPCOM provides a glimpse of the future of the world’s entertainment. A four-day jammed-packed, celebrity-strewn get-together in Cannes, France is a mingling of the world’s leading entertainment content providers, directors, producers, and broadcasters. MIPCOM constantly expands the boundaries of entertainment, where insiders learn, deal, partner and exchange ideas that will come to the public’s attention
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On opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean, Doug Woodring and Billy Dutton are attacking the same problem – how to save our oceans from becoming plasticized. With Woodring hosting his annual Clean Half Extreme Open Water Swim, Dutton is aligning himself with environmentalists along the west coast of California including Dr. Marcus Eriksen. While Woodring
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The Planet Earth’s pristine seashores, especially in the Pacific Ocean, are decreasing year by year. But there are still plenty of clean places to enjoy. Doug Woodring utilizes the Clean Half of Hong Kong to conduct his 15km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim annually in October. Last weekend’s 6th annual Ocean Recovery Alliance Clean Half
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Doug Woodring of Ocean Recovery Alliance hosted the 6th consecutive successful Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong this weekend. “We enjoyed great conditions and was our most competitive race yet,” the California native explained. “The normally beautiful October weather in Hong Kong did not fail to delight, giving 260 swimmers excellent conditions to
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) founder Baron de Coubertin was adamantly against female participation in the Olympic Games. According to the International Swimming Hall of Fame archives (see here), FINA first recommended the inclusion of women for the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games in 1910. But this recommendation was against the wishes of the Swedish IOC representative
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The official state gem is black coral. The color of its waters varies between a light marine green to a deep royal blue. The power of the ocean is majestic to see with its massive ocean swells and spectacular surf. Open water events, from surfing to swimming, are held there nearly every weekend of the
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Lance Armstrong will compete in 9th Annual Lake Travis Relay in Austin, Texas on October 13th. The SwimStrong team will include the world’s most famous cyclist along with teammates Rip Esselstyn, Chris Kemp, Travis Robertson, Dale Rogers, and Jeremy Smitheal. But SwimStrong, the defending champion in the 6-person relay who set the standard last year
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Willy van Rysel is one of only two individuals (along with Drury Gallagher) to be honored by both the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame. A double-IMSHOF Honour Swimmer, Rysel passed away at the age of 96 on September 19th. Besides her success in the open water
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