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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Sometimes a swim buddy truly lives up to the name. A pacemaker (or pace swimmer) is an individual who swims alongside or near a channel swimmer or marathon swimmer to protect, pace or accompany the swimmer. There are specific rules that apply to the number, time and time of duration for the pacemakers by the […]
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H2Open Magazine had an article about jellyfish in this month’s issue, but this video truly shows the vast diversity of jellyfish.
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Marcy MacDonald is a 47-year-old podiatrist who completed her 11th and 12th crossing of the English Channel this year. Serious, smiling and smart, the good doctor surrounds herself with an efficient team and gets it done every time. In 2011, she kicked off the English Channel season with the first Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
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Graham Hawkes of Hawkes Ocean Technologies has built over 60 manned submersibles over his four-decade career. His newest craft is called the DeepFlight Challenger for Richard Branson’s Virgin Oceanic. The DeepFlight Challenger will dive to the bottom of each of the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern) in 2012. His choice of naming
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How do you know a tsunami is coming if you are at the beach? There are two ways: a natural warning or an official warning. An unusual lowering of the ocean water that exposes the sea floor is a dramatic warning that a tsunami or tidal waves are coming. The drawback of water is followed
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Anna-Carin Nordin is a 41-year-old Swedish English Channel swimmer who successfully swam two marathon swims in two completely different parts of the world this year. Following her passion, her summer season started with a 41K cold-water marathon swim between Sweden and Finland in 14 hours 51 minutes. It culminated with an equally tough 42K warm-water
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In this episode exploring topics related to open water swimming training and nutrition we continue our talk with Dr. Peter Attia about the keto adaptive diet. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Michael Buteau of Bloomberg reported that the New York City Triathlon added an open water swimming qualification standard due to two triathletes (a 40-year-old female and a 64-year-old male) who died of heart attacks during the swim leg of the 2011 1.5K swim – 40K bike – 10K run event. The New York City Triathlon
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Mike Arbuthnot (shown on lower left), the founder of the Midmar Mile, Martin Strel, Christine Jennings and Ashley Twichell are showcased in the latest promotional materials for the 2012 Midmar Mile. The world’s largest open water swim was swum for the first time in 1973 when Mike and two friends Dick Park and Brian Glover,
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