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A slim waist…ripped muscles…a smiling face… and Big Shoulders. The epitome of the ideal aquatic athlete. Blue skies…blue water…a soaring skyline… and Big Shoulders. The epitome of an open water swim. Big Shoulders is one of the world’s top 100 open water swims, Founded in 1990 by local Olympic champion Bill Mulliken, Big Shoulders has […]
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Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara says Japan’s government will buy a group of islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by both Japanese and Chinese governments (see report below). Back in 1987, Lynne Cox made swimming and political history when she swam between Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede Island in Russia.
Inspired by Bruckner Chase, a crew of local swimmers made history over the weekend when they completed a 9-mile relay swim from Aunu’u to Utulei in Amerika Samoa. The ambassadors of the Toa o le Tai youth ocean heroes program joined Chase and Michelle Evans-Chase in an unprecedented kick-off of Ocean Week. Over the course
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Susan Petrie-Badertscher, founder of Petrie Point Designs, transforms vintage wool bathing suits into unique historical works of art that non-swimmers enjoy and swimmers appreciate. Fueled by her idyllic seaside living on the eastern end of Long Island in New York, Petrie-Badertscher obtains the authentic, original wool suits from the 1920’s to the 1960’s from all
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The final FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier will take place in Setúbal Bay, Portugal on June 9th (women) and 10th (men) under the leadership of Luís Liberato Baptista. Site of the last six FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup events in Setúbal, the location is well-known to the professional marathon swimmers and their coaches. There
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Ralph Goto, the Ocean Safety Administrator of the Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services Division of the City & County of Honolulu in Hawaii, received the prestigious Paragon Award for Water Safety at the International Swimming Hall of Fame this past weekend. Sponsored by Paragon Aquatics, Goto was recognized for his lifetime devotion and outstanding contributions
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deborah McDonald, director and producer of the documentary film 50 year old FRESHMAN received the Best New Film Award at the 2012 International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. McDonald‘s documentary film FRESHMAN is about International Masters Hall of Fame Open Water inductee, Suzanne Heim-Bowen
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Paul Whichard, Manager of Sports Web Resources in the Sports and Competition Department of the Special Olympics, created a truly special interactive document – the Special Olympics Open Water Swimming Coaching Guide (see here). The comprehensive document is one of the most complete online open water swimming instructional guides. It features Bruckner Chase and was
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It is one thing to swim long distances in the ocean. It is another thing to swim at night. It is an entirely different matter when a swimmer swims all day and all night for at least a 24-hour period. The list below includes solo swimmers who successfully completed solo swims or competed in races
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The acclaimed Hydro Tracker from FINIS will start shipping directly to customers in Europe for its offices throughout Europe next month. The Hydro Tracker enables swimmers and triathletes to know exactly how far, how fast and where they train and swim in the open water world. Open water swimmers and triathletes can share and obtain
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