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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Phil Cutti continues to motor down the California coast in the 57 degree F water with 15-20 ocean swells undulating between him and the Night Train Swimmers’ escort boat, the Sequel. Without fail, the Night Train Swimmers trade off swimming legs in one-hour segments, battling within eye shot of the rugged California coast. On Day […]
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Italian amputee Salvatore Cimmino swam 17 miles across the Boston Bay on Sept. 22, 2012, as part of his “Swimming the Seas of the Globe” initiative. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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One of the most respected administrators and athletes in marathon swimming has accepted the invitation to join the board of directors of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Forrest Nelson, the creative and intelligent leader of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, joins the group of international representatives of the International Marathon Swimming of Hall.
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The speakers and presentors at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference had the audience engaged and entertained with stories and dramatic retelling of aquatic exploits from around the world. Given that the audience was filled with Olympians, world champions, record holders and channel swimmers, this was an audience whose expectations and experiences are tough
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After an initial mechanical hiccup between San Francisco (SF) and Santa Barbara (SB) that caused the lead escort boat Sequel to stop in Santa Cruz (SC), the Night Train Swimmers re-grouped and decided to carry on with their mission. So unexpectedly haunted by a broken throttle, the Night Train Swimmers had to limp into shore
Jim Anderson is one of those unsung individuals who makes the world of open water swimming go round and round. Toiling for months on end, he is one of those quiet, unheralded race director whose daily responsibilities seem to never end. He spends innumerable hours applying for city permits, talking with lifeguards, surveying the race
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On July 29th, Madhu Nagaraja embarked on the longest swim of his life to become a member of the 24-hour club when he swam across Lake Ontario in Canada. This video below is a small part of his unprecedented personal journey from Port Dalhousie to Coronation Park where the members of LOST helped him to
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Among the most interesting feats that we witnessed over the Global Open Water Swimming Conference weekend was the simple action of feeding and drinking by Craig Dietz. Dietz, a man born without arms or legs, would grab his water bottles with his teeth and simply guzzle down his water and Gatorade. No sympathy and pity
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The Night Train Swimmers did not complete their unprecedented 339-mile ocean relay swim this week. The audacious plan to swim from Northern California to Southern California was tripped up not because of sharks, currents, winds, hypothermia, jellyfish or human exhaustion, but because of a mechanical problem with their steering on their main escort boat. A
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Ricardo Ratto, a presenter at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference, captured this extremely close race with his GoPro camera that was posted to the end of his finish structure using the free software program. Who won the race? Before you watch the end of the video, try to guess for yourself… Copyright ©
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