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H2Open Magazine announced its short list of names for its inaugural Open Water Swimming Awards. The Awards, celebrating achievement in the sport of open water swimming in 2011. Nominations were invited from readers and then sent to a multi-national judging panel for a blind vote to create the short list. As fans in Great Britain […]
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Three elite amateur marathon swimmers from America traveled around the world to participate in the Bell Buoy Challenge Swim this week. Jason Malick from Delaware, Denise Everitt of New York and Jen Schumacker of Los Angeles (shown on left) will compete against their South African counterparts on Hobie Beach. Jason has done a handful of
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Simon Griffiths and his team at H2Open Magazine continue to roll-out all kinds of innovations for the open water swimming community. The world’s only fully dedicated open water swimming magazine, launched the 2012 National Open Water Swimming Ranking Series, H2Open Day on April 28th, and is now available on the iPad and Android. Developed for
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Starting in May, 36-year-old Anna Wardley will attempt five circumnavigations around Dragonera in Mallorca, Spain, Portsea in Hampshire, UK, Jersey in the Channel Islands, Tiree in Inner Hebrides, Scotland and the Isle of Wight in Solent, UK. Anna explains about her Five Islands Swim Challenge, “I selected these islands as they are all challenging in
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The following swimmers are entered in the 15th annual 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim to be held on April 21 on the western coast of Florida. • Brad Denton, 48 from Arizona • Chris Burke, 50 from Florida • Greg Larson, 43 from California • Rob Kent, 47 from Canada • Dan Boyle, 46 from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Spaniard Jaime Caballero will attempt a rare April crossing of the Catalina Island tomorrow on behalf of Augie’s Quest and ALS research. He will begin his swim at midnight Tuesday. With the English Channel (10 hours 29 minutes in 2007) and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (7 hours 53 minutes
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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 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 and Great
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10 km world champion Spyridon Gianniotis is living up to his country’s gift to the endurance sports world. The Greek champion has won the last three marathon swims he has raced against the world’s best and is looking good as the leading gold medal contender for London. His latest victory came in the FINA 10km
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Experiential And Episodic Open Water Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Shane Gould and her husband Milt Nelms speak eloquently about swimming, whether it is in the pool or open water, whether it is for Olympic champions or newcomers who are dipping their toes in the ocean for the first time. The power couple
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Open water swimmers can benefit greatly from training occasionally strokes other than freestyle. The other strokes – butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke – help develop strength, balance, coordination and tactile feel for the water than enhances the abilities of triathletes and open water swimmers. While marathon swimmers have their own specific long-distance freestyle training sets, there
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