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Klaustoberfest, an annual charity event supporting the Klaus Barth Foundation, will be held October 16th at McKenna’s in Long Beach, California, U.S.A. Klaus was a German Olympic swimmer, coach and Ironman triathlete who once placed fourth overall in the Ironman World Championships. The inspiration to many open water swimmers and multi-sport athletes before and after […]
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Swimmers who cross the English Channel talk of the beautiful view of France, especially as the sun is setting or rising as they head into Cap Gris Nez. Molokai Channel swimmers talk about the cresting swells of the Pacific Ocean as they struggle to sight off of Sandy Beach and the Blow Hole of eastern
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Race Director Claudio Plit, Race President Marcelo Guiscardo and Organizing Committee President Patricia Querejeta announced the date of the 2012 President OC FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Patagones-Viedma. The 10K professional marathon swim will take place in the River Negro on February 4th 2012 in the cities of Carmen de Patagones and
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Brad McVetta is the latest person to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. The native of Mt. Cory, Ohio, took up swimming as a form of exercise while in college. Brad explains a series of unforeseen situations that ultimately led to his full immersion in the sport, “In 2007, I was asked to
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The Belhedi Trophy is an award given out by the Channel Swimming Association to commemorate the efforts of the swimmer swimming under the who successfully conquers the English Channel on the highest tide each year. The Belhedi Trophy is a permanent reminder of Tunisia’s first English Channel swimmer, Nejib Belhedi and his courageous swim in
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Vicki Michaelis and Eileen Blass of the USA TODAY created an excellent background piece on Alex Meyer. In the build-up to the 2012 London Olympics, the American sports media will undoubtedly center their focus on swimmers like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin and all the established stars of the powerful USA Swimming team. But
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Waikiki Beach is the shoreline fronting Waikiki Bay and is a famed year-round open water swimming location. Waikiki, which means ‘spouting fresh water‘ in the Hawaiian language for springs and streams that fed wetlands that once separated Waikīkī from the interior, is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii on the south shore of the island of
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The Aquaboomers, a relay team made up of primarily SCAQ swimmers, broke the existing record for a Catalina Channel relay in the men’s 50-59 year age-group yesterday. Starting before midnight, the team of Dan Leonard (Captain), Tracy Edwards, Brad Magit, Bill Ireland, Bruce Thomas and Steve Lowe crossed in 8 hours 8 minutes. Fellow SCAQ
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It is said that the BBC makes the best television nature and science documentaries. BBC Worldwide Production and Lonely Planet TV are filming the Year of Adventures, that is based on the Lonely Planet book of the same name and will be broadcast internationally on BBC Knowledge, BBC HD and BBC Entertainment in 2012. Ben
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California is a great training ground for swims from the English Channel to the North Channel with its rough water and beautifully bioluminescence along its long coastline in the Pacific Ocean. Chad Hundeby (7 hours 17 minutes), Penny Dean (7:40) Paul Asmuth (8:12, 8:34, 9:05), Jim McConica (8:39), John York (8:52), Lynne Cox (9:36, 9:57)
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