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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
LONG BEACH, California. There is something about swimming in the early morning, just before the sun rises. There is unique tranquility in the air, a peaceful time before day breaks. Whether you are a swimmer in Melbourne, London, Barcelona, Okinawa, Sri Lanka or Long Beach, when the glorious rays of the sun pierce the darkness, […]
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Open water swimmers are often told and often believe that more heat escapes through their head relative to other parts of their body. This statement is taken as one of the standards in the open water swimming world where the entire body is exposed to the elements while, generally, the swimmers wears a swim cap.
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Dr Rip, aka Rob Brander, is a coastal geomorphologist and surf safety educator at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Author of the best-selling Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book, he explains in easy-to-understand layman’s terms everything swimmers need to know about surf, sand and rip currents. His award-winning videos can be found
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Veteran coach Paul Lemmon works with a wide range of junior, senior and masters competitors to help them enjoy and improve their ocean skills on the New South Wales Central Coast of Australia with the Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club and OceanFit. Paul has won multiple Australian national masters life saver titles in the rescue
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Get, Be And Stay OceanFit With Andre Slade Courtesy of Andre Slad, Bondi Beach, Australia. Andre Slad is the founder and owner of OceanFit of Bondi, Australia. “We specialise in ocean awareness, confidence and fitness and deliver practical programs and online education to all ages and abilities from entry level to awesome.” He’s got the
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Momentos Of Channel Swimming Wanted Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Karen Throsby Ph.D. of the University of Warwick in England is conducting ongoing research on English Channel swimming. She writes, “I have started work on a paper about what a Channel swim means to people who complete (or fail to complete) them. In particular,
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The 1902 drawing by P. Frenzeny from photographs by Lang Niel of a “masked swimmer in the water: the method of refreshment and Holbein abandoning the attempt off Dover, after about twelve hours in the water” is an illustration of a fascinating portion of early English Channel swimming history. Montague Holbein made several attempts across
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The Aquarium of the Pacific is located in Long Beach, California which is touted as the Aquatic Capital of America. Courtesy of Open Water Source
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FARALLON ISLANDS, California. The Farallon Islands Swimming Federation 2012 season kicks off in March with Joe Locke as the first swimmer on the block. Joe, a personable member of the Night Train Swimmers, will attempt to be the first person to swim the 30 treacherous miles from the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge to
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One of the most profound and joyous open water swimming events Open Water Source has witnessed since 1968 was the Special Olympics World Summer Games in the Bay of Marathon near Greece. The intensity of the athletes intensity and their obvious heartfelt appreciation of the competition, their coaches, volunteers and staff made a significant impression
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