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The Snapping Tortuga is getting bigger and better. The early-season event drew a competitive field of swimmers including 2011 Ironman Korea champion Balazs Coske (pictured on left) who was the overall 5 km winner with a finishing time of 52:13. His female counterpart on the victory podium was 2008 Olympic Trials qualifier and former University of […]
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When we learn about and report all the different open water swimming training sessions, expeditions, camps, events, races solo swims, relays and stage swims around the world, whether short or long, warm or cold, in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, in the mountains or in the tropics, pro or amateur, we marvel at the ingenuity
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Deborah McDonald who directed and produced the documentary film 50 year old FRESHMAN about International Masters Hall of Fame Open Water inductee, Suzanne Heim-Bowen of San Francisco, was awarded the Best Sports / Outdoor Feature in the 2012 Indie Spirit Film Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The well-received film about the open water legend heading
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Throughout the calendar year, there are some weeks when open water swimming events simply overwhelm the senses. This week is one of the jam-packed open water periods that kicks off today. Today, starts off the festivities with speed and color in the beautiful aqua-marine waters of Cancún, Mexico. This
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FINIS Finds, Fixes Freestyle Flaws Fast Courtesy of WOWSA, Livermore, California. The new Agility Paddles from FINIS are quite simply cool and a great addition to my training gear. The strapless paddles are a fantastic self-teaching aid that immediately enables you to become kinetically aware of your strengths and weaknesses in your swimming stroke. Because
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4-year-old Quinn, a 155-pound Leonberger, roams the halls and rooms of the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas, Texas bringing joy and hope to people facing devastating diagnoses. On the weekend, he also swims and occasionally swims alongside Olympians helping raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. When the energetic therapy dog isn’t
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Open water swimmers and triathletes often push the envelope. Adventurist types want to see what they are made of and see how close they can reach their true potential. When such adventurers and endurance junkies go beyond what is reasonable, they relish in the risk-taking behavior. When the open bodies of water are rough or
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Conditions do not always cooperate when open water swims are held. This places a huge amount of pressure on the race directors, safety personnel and volunteers. When rains, winds, waves, marine life, thunder and lightning invade the venue and corrupt the competition, open water swimming becomes roughwater swimming and swimmers face Mother Nature. But race
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When open water swimmers challenge themselves to swim from one island to another, or to swim across a channel or to traverse from point A to point B, they are exposing themselves to nature in ways that runners, cyclists, mountaineers or adventure racers can barely imagine. And sometimes, it hurts. Hurts badly. The swimmer wears
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Peter Jurzynski has set the bar for Americans who wish to repeatedly swim the English Channel. Over the course of 31 trips from his native Massachusetts across the pond to England, Jurzynski has made 20 attempts and 14 successful crossings, more than any other American. As he
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