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The famed Potato Patch is a shoal that forms a formidable shipping hazard outside the Golden Gate Bridge within the northerly course of swimmers who attempt solo swims and relays between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Farallon Islands. On rough days, the wide expanse of relatively shallow reef looks like white frosting on a […]
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CANADA. World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation was a non-profit corporation that governed the professional marathon swimming circuit in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It was headquartered in Maryland USA when Herman Willemse (shown on right) was its President and Joe Grossman was its Secretary-Treasurer upon its adoption in 1967. The World Professional Marathon Swimming Federationn
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ENGLISH CHANNEL. More people have been in outer space than have swum across the English Channel. This oft-used quote is a dramatic indication how difficult it is to swim across the English Channel. But is it true? Open Water Source used the universally accepted data on astronauts from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and the English
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JC Malick and Lelané Rossouw-Bancroft of Newark, Delaware joined the South African, Czech and Irish colleagues in formally completing a one-mile ice swim in Avalon, New Jersey. “We jumped off the dock 11:15 and swam two half-mile loops to swim the mile in 38°F (3.3°C) degree water with air temperature at 25°F (3.8°C) and a
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43 is a number that will undoubtedly stand the test of time. 43 is open water swimming’s gold standard of longevity and endurance. 43 represents a nearly impossible level of commitment to fathom. 43 is the number of times that the Queen of the Channel, Alison Streeter MBE, has crossed the English Channel. 43 times
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Swedish lids are the calluses that appears as a bump of flesh on the upper eyelids of swimmers who wear Swedish goggles, a popular type of swimming goggles worn by many competitive pool and open water swimmers. The calluses are caused by pressure or friction on the skin caused by the plastic edge of the
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The Brian Curtis Mile is part of the Cadiz Swim Series in South Africa. The event was started in 1999 in memory of Brian Curtis, one of the founding directors of Cadiz Holdings Limited, in 1994. As a director of Cadiz his main role was to implement and develop the fixed income research and broking
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Twins Chris And Matt Hales Create Goggles for Guppies Courtesy of WOWSA, Mission Viejo, California. 12-year old twin brothers Chris and Matt Hales swim for the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Southern California. Motivated after seeing the plight of disadvantaged children during an international swim meet in Mexico, the twin competitive swimmers took matters into their
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New to the annual Swim Miami ocean event in Florida, Jonathan Strauss is hosting the inaugural Media Challenge on April 21st. Each media company will be given the opportunity to send a representative to the Challenge to compete in a short race. “Beware. We did say challenge, so there will be obstacles along the way.
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One of the most unusual starts of any open water swim in the world takes place on a sand bar that is not visible for much of the day. The Nukasiga Sand Bar is the start of the 2.7K Fiji Swims, the brainchild of David Handley. The swimmers assemble on Treasure Island and are told
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