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If you are into adventure, you are already into open water swimming. If you are REALLY into adventure, there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in South Africa – the African Swimming Safari. This tour not only highlights the best of the South African wildness, but it also sandwiches the 16-day tour between the world’s largest open […]
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The Cirrus Bio-Ears Swim Challenge Series in South Africa’s Eastern Province, started its season with a bang and a sibling duo. Jessica and younger brother Jono Roux won a handful of events in this weekend’s event that kicked off the five-part Cirrus Bio-Ears Swim Challenge Series in Marina Martinique (Jeffreys Bay). Jessica won the 5K
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Fundoshi is traditional Japanese undergarment for adult males. It is no longer widely used, but is occasionally still used in festivals and as traditional swimwear. Fundoshi are used by a few competitive masters swimmers including those in the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association events held throughout Japan (see male swimmer in the front row
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Eleanor Studley Hurd was the first woman to swim the Hellespont, also know as the Dardanelles, a strait in Turkey that separates the Asian and European continents. Her feat accomplished in 1929, only 3 years after Gertrude Ederle’s famous first-woman swim of the English Channel, Studley swam the Hellespont in 80 minutes, beating two other
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After a long career as an open water swimmer, Marty Veen of the Netherlands founded the Scheerwolde Classic Swim. A long-time member of the the Dutch (KNZB) Technical Open Water Committee (TOWC) for over 20 years, he will retire on November 28th. As the innovative chairman of the TOWC, Marty has always been known to
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Bookcased between her two separate successful swims by Marcy MacDonald (her #11 and #12 of her career), the English Channel and the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation welcomed a number of swimmers to its esteemed community. Kevin Murphy announced the certified solo swimmers of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Association during the 2011 season: SOLO
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Kevin Murphy announced the certified swims of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Association during the 2011 season: There was a total of 124 swims (solos + relays) with 87 successful and 37 unsuccessful 37 for a 70% success rate. Percentage of swims (solo and relay) that were successful = 70% There was a total of
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Accidents happen in the open water world. Near accidents happen even more frequently in the open water. Jet Skiers, surf skiers, boaters, kite surfers, wind surfers and rowers are not accustomed to seeing – or even looking for – swimmers in the water and collisions are inevitable. But even without man’s recklessness, there remain man-made
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Murray Cox To Swim Sydney In 53 Stages Courtesy of WOWSA, Sydney, Australia. Murray Cox started Swim Sydney, a 53-stage circumnavigation swim. His first leg was 1.8 km from North Head to Lady Jane Beach, round to Camp Cove and into Watsons Bay. “I rented the National Parks cottage at Steele Point, on the west
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World records in the open water can be obtained by myriad ways. You can swim in a body of water with a recognized governing body (e.g., Catalina Channel Swimming Federation in California or Cape Long Distance Swimming in South Africa) and swim faster that anyone else in your category (e.g., male, female, first, oldest) or
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