To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
You swim and you swim and you swim … and the finish never seems to get any closer. The frustration, especially if you keep on looking up and looking forward, can be frustrating. Extremely so, at times. You swim 5 minutes, you swim 15 minutes, you swim 1 hour … and it seems like you […]
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Five creatures take to both the salt water and fresh water: bull sharks, La Plata dolphins, salmon, humans and dinoflagellates. While bull sharks and La Plata dolphins live in both saltwater and freshwater, salmon are born in freshwater, migrate to the ocean and then return to freshwater to reproduce. But human swimmers and dinoflagellates interact
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Doug Stanley, a two-time Emmy Award winner and producer of the show “The Deadliest Catch”, is making a documentary about Ben Lecomte and The Longest Swim. The technical challenges that Doug will face are considerable, but his success and experiences with The Deadliest Catch make him the right man with the right stuff who can
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While the overall sport of open water swimming is growing rapidly and globally, Polar Bear Swims, a niche subset of the sport, is exploding. One example is the Polar Bear Plunge on the Seaside Heights boardwalk near The Aztec. It is a charity event for the Special Olympics New Jersey. The wildly successful Polar Bear
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The Oceans Seven presents all kinds of obstacles to overcome: distances, tides, currents, waves, wind, sunburn, jellyfish, language barriers, logistical considerations, costs, extreme water temperatures, night swimming and marine life. Stephen Redmond is in Molokai and will soon begin his 6th of the 7 Oceans Seven channels: the 42K (26 mile) Molokai Channel. But he
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A Google Earth flyover of the Oceans Seven, created by Brad Askins, is posted here. Find out where the Oceans Seven channel locations are. The seven different straits and channels border England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Morocco, Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand and California. The Google Earth flyover will help put in perspective the global immensity
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Open water swimmers can expect the unexpected. Do you know what to do in case of an emergency when swimming, paddling, escorting or kayaking in the open water? What happens if something unexpected happens to your teammates or swim buddy? Who should you contact? If the distressed swimmer has a mobile phone, try looking under
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Jen King‘s artwork reflects her experiences in and near water. “Since both art and water are passions of mine, they frequently correlate to one another. In many cultures, water symbolizes rejuvenation and energy, which is what I try to show.” “Morro Bay” (acrylic on canvas) is a painting of one of my favorite places to
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Bob Maguglin of the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau caught a local pirate shooting off his musket at the Pacific Open Water Swim in Belmont Shores in Long Beach, California. The swimmers seem to be running from the quartet of pirates who had already claimed this piece of beachfront property. Courtesy of Bob Maguglin
Swimmers To Your Mark, Set…Arrrrgggghhhh! Read More »
XBOSS is a marathon swimming service provider in Spain. Teresa Planas and her colleagues enable and help train open water swimmers who want to challenge themselves across some marathon swims in the beautiful waters of Spain. Among several different endurance activities, XBOSS – XTRM organizes two marathon solo and group swims: the 42K Cruce a
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