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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers can be expressive in a variety of ways: verbally or artistically. Some view their skin as part of that public expression. Csaba Gercsak is a two-time Olympian marathon swimmer who combined his Olympic achievements and his passion for open water swimming into one colorful tattoo on […]
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Investment banker Doug McConnell continues to step up his game in the open water swimming world. Last week, he completed his second channel of the Oceans Seven with a 12 hour 41 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel. His swim benefitted the Les Turner ALS Foundation of Skokie, Illinois. Known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s
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Pool swimming continues to follow the lead of the open water swimming world. FINA and the world’s elite swimmers will soon start competing in 4×50 mixed-gender relays for the first time in history. At the FINA World Cup swim meet in Dubai, the teams will consist of two men and two women. So while the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Roger Finch completed a crossing of the Catalina Channel yesterday to become the first South African to successfully join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Finch swam across the Catalina Channel in 9 hours 45 minutes to add to his marathon swimming resume that includes a crossing of
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The Faros Maratón Swim is also the annual Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championships, a 16km race from Stari Grad to Faros, Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Long Distance Swimming Federation that was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honour Organisation on the Queen Mary in Long Beach,
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Gabor Molnar completed his crossing of the Catalina Channel today in 9 hours 0 minutes 48 seconds and joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming as a result. Molnar became the 66th person in history to complete the Triple Crown (English + Manhattan Island + Catalina) and first person from Hungary to do so.
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On Day 1 of the 8 Anacapa Crossings in 7 Days adventure, Jim McConica broke the Anacapa channel record by more than 20 minutes on a gorgeous day with an unofficial time of 4 hours 38 minutes. The former University of Southern California pool swimming star and International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame inductee broke
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Ocean Recovery Alliance is an international group of hard-working, passionate, creative individuals who bring new ways of thinking, technologies, creativity and collaborations to help improve our oceans. They are creating and introducing innovative projects and initiatives that will help improve our ocean environment. This includes creating business opportunities for local communities when applicable, in order
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A popular American book called Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by relationship counselor John Gray identified fundamental differences between the genders. Just as Gray figuratively describes that men and women are from different planets and that each gender is comfortable with its distinct society and customs,
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Jim McConica one of the most decorated swimmers of all time considering his exploits in the pool and open water over the course of his 5-decade career, will set off on an unprecedented 8-channel swim in 7 days tomorrow. He will be in the water on his 8 Anacapa Crossings in 7 Days attempt so
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