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The mighty lead battleship U.S.S. Iowa, which is 270 meters in length and carried U.S. President Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Casablanca en route to a crucial 1943 meeting with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin, was scheduled to depart from San Francisco Bay. But due to a storm off of […]
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A masterfeedermixer is a coach, support crew member, parent, friend or volunteer who is responsible for preparing, mixing and feeding a marathon swimmer or channel swimmer on an escorted swim. The masterfeedermixer lays out everything before and during the swim and understands what kinds of foods and hydration the swimmer wants in precise detail, in
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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. Below are numerous examples of open water swimmers from Boston to Brazil, Germany to Geneva – many of whom have marine animal-themed or ocean-specific tattoos
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Marathon swimmers love facing and overcoming everything the ocean can throw at them. And there are few places like the desolate Farallon Islands. 30 miles (48 km) west of San Francisco, the stretch of misery throws up barriers like few other places on Earth: rough water, cold water, jellyfish, tides, currents, the darkness of night
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Sarangani Bay Invasion is a 15 km open water relay swim from Kamanga Beach in Maasim to Glan as part of the Sarangani Bay Festival in the Philippines. The professional race was formerly known as the Swim-Across-the-Bay or the Across-the-Bay Open Ocean Swimming Competition where each team consists of 5 swimmers rotating legs across the
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At the Jamie’s Swim Camp 2.0, dozens of experienced swimmers including a number of channel swimmers ranging from Oceans Seven Darren Miller and Marathon Swimmers Forum co-founder Evan Morrison to cold water extremists and Tahoeists enjoyed a long weekend of swimming, eating and conversations ith their fellow swimmers. Conversations centered around the where, when, who,
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Not only will there be great conversations and presentations at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California, but there will also be artwork from various open water swimmers from around the world enhancing the conference rooms aboard the Queen Mary. Dr. Lisa Stansbie is one of those artists and presenters who
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Tim Stiff has done a variety of open water swims in South Africa: from the longer Lighthouse to Big Bay Swim, Cadiz Freedom Swim and Nelson Bay Bell Buoy Challenge to the shorter Speedo Ice Swim Africa. A polio victim at the age of 9 months, swimming is his only effective exercise. And it seems
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The updated 24-hour Club list below includes solo swimmers who successfully completed solo swims or competed in races that lasted a minimum of 24 hours. These individuals have demonstrated the ultimate in endurance, stamina and patience. The list does not include any stage swims, swims assisted with wetsuits, fins, shark cages or other equipment, swims
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While there are the outliers like Dan Martin, Diana Nyad and Penny Palfrey who train outrageous distances who swim 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and more hours per day at their training peak, what do the typical jocks do to prepare for their big day on the ocean? 75
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