Where Is The Special Olympics Going In The Open Water?
Special Olympics International – Open Water Swimming from Bruckner Chase on Vimeo.
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When Open Water Swimmers Lose Sight Of Shore
André Gide, a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947, wrote a few apropos passages for the open water swimming community: “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time“ “Fish die belly-upward and rise to the surface; it is
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As Summer Turns To Fall
As summer turns to fall, and fall turns to winter, many open water swimmers substitute their favorite open water venues to chlorinated pools in their areas during the winter months. One newly formed club in the Thames valley, Henley Open Water Swimming Club, will continue swimming. Club founder Tom Kean says, “We’ve had a really
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15 Southern California Piers Swum in 1 Day
Enjoy the Daily News of Open Water Swimming interview with channel swimmer Jen Schumacher who explains her unique ocean adventure in Southern California with Forrest Nelson, Tina Neill and Dan Schumacher with Carol Sing where 110 million beach-goers enjoy the coastline from June – September every year. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Roger Finch Having A Great Time In The English Channel
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Roger Finch, originally from Zimbabwe, currently from South Africa, became a member of the Half Century Club with his 12 hour 39 minute crossing of the English Channel on August 20th. Formerly an age-group swimmer, he traveled the world doing motorcycle road racing and then equestrian show jumping. Working
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Drafting In The Alkmaar Ploegen Tijdrace
Ploegen Tijdrace is a team pursuit race (team time trial), done in either in freestyle or breaststroke (as shown in Alkmaar below). Niek Kloots explains, “Here in Holland, we do it mostly for fun as 500 meters in breaststroke. A cake is presented as the price. Drafting as a team certainly speeds them up. We
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Relay Swimmers Wanted For 2012 Bering Strait Crossing
The First Intercontinental Swimming Relay from Eurasia to America across the Bering Strait is a 30-member 86K relay swim in July and August 2012. The Inter-regional Public Fund “100 years of the Submarine Fleet”, the Committee for Sport and Tourism of the Chukchi Autonomous Area, the Regional Public Organization in the Krasnoyarsky territory “Winter Swimming
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An International Celebration Of Marathoning Excellence
The 16K Faros Maratón Swim is also the annual Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championships, and is truly an International celebration of marathon swimming excellence. 1,089 athletes from 42 countries (Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herz, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece,
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Feeling Small And Helpless In The Open Water
Massimo Voltolina is an Italian endurance athlete who has completed triathlons, the English Channel and other long-distance events. He explains why marathon swimming is enticing to him, “It’s a way to get into deep contact with nature. When I am walking through the silence of the mountains I experience a special peace, when I swim
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Halloween In The Open Water
Like thousands of other playful swimmers around the world, the die-hard ocean swimmers in Orange County, California put a special twist on their weekly swim this week due to Halloween. Their colleagues in the State of Washington will be doing a social swim to Cutts Island in Gig Harbor: a Survivor/Adventurer Theme Party. They will
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