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Google Play lists Open Water Swimming, 263 pages of text, photos and graphs of ocean racing, lake swims, river exploits, training, tactics and techniques among a global potpourri of music, books, movies, apps, and games in one place. Discover, buy and share online and virtually. The cover shows 2008 Beijing Olympic champion Maarten van der […]
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Vicki Keith did it. Many times. Non-stop. For many long hours, sometimes days. So does Julie Bradshaw. Across channels, in lakes and down rivers. What have they done? Butterfly marathon swims. Mix two difficult endeavors together and the outcome is something nearly impossible. Chicago banker Dan Projansky is going to tackle his longest butterfly marathon
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Three Year Swim Club is a play by Lee Tonouchi is playing now until March 11th at the David Henry Hwang Theatre at the Union Center for the Arts in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles, California. The swim-centric play is directed and choreographed by Keo Woolford, in association with the Honolulu Theatre for Youth,
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For men who swim regularly and hang around pool decks, wearing swim briefs (i.e., Speedos) is a natural thing to do. For men who also do open water swims, channel crossings and lifesaving competitions, the traditional tight-fitting, quick-drying swim wear is also the overwhelmingly global equipment of choice. But Speedos, first made popular by its
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Seth Gordin makes an excellent point about conflict. The prolific author and renowned marketer writes, “Everything we do that’s important is the result of conflict. Not a conflict between us and the world–a conflict between us and ourselves. It’s brain chemistry. We don’t have one mind, we have competing interests, all duking it out.” While
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Andrea Prayer of Italy has been approved by the FINA Bureau as acting FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee Honorary Secretary to replace Flavio Bomio. With the 2012 London Olympics qualifier in Portugal, the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Hyde Park, and the new World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Canada looming, Prayer steps
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The FINA Bureau made an important change to the rules and regulations of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. The change was made to Point 11.2 Overall Prizes. The change does not require the athletes to finish a minimum of four races in the annual circuit, but merely to compete in them. The wording
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Ralph West, Russell Tucker, Greg Tucker, JC van Wyk, Brenton Williams and Sanmarie Woithe will embark on setting a South African marathon swimming relay record of 316K (196.3 miles) at the Marina Martinique in Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa. The sextet will swim non-stop from 8 am on March 21st until 12 noon on March 25th,
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What does it look like on a calm day out swimming from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands, 30 miles to the west? Over the course of 16 hours 29 minutes, Kim Chambers, Lynn Kubasek, Laura Vartain Horn, Cathy Delneo, Melissa King and Patti Bauernfeind are showcased against the grey, wet, foreboding
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced the inaugural International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival (IAHSFF) that will be held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA between May 9th – 12th, 2012. One of the presentations will be “Lessons Learned By The Death Of Fran Crippen“. The presentation will examine the number and causes of
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