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93 cold water swimmers turn out for Cadiz Heritage Day Swim in Cape Town, South Africa that raised R10,000 for the elderly. The swimmers raced on either the 2.5K or 5K course in the 10-12◦C Granger Bay. 27-year-old Philip Emslie won the 5K race in 1:05:16, followed by 17-year-old Lisa Cowling in 1:09.19. The 2.5K […]
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This Ocean Movie Doesn’t White Wash Anything Courtesy of WOWSA. White Wash is a documentary film exploring the complexity of race in America through the eyes of surfers and their enjoyment of the ocean. The film examines the experiences of black surfers. The film opens in New York on September 23rd. Copyright © 2008 –
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Mike Lewis and Steve Munatones were on the escort boat alongside Diana Nyad as she attempted to swim from Cuba to Florida. During Swimming World Magazine’s The Morning Swim Show they talk about their two+ days in the Gulf of Mexico. Lewis and Munatones give eyewitness accounts of Nyad’s experience with man o war stings,
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Samantha Rahael (1:12:32) and Jonathan Gillette (1:11:13) won the 5K race at the ASATT Maracas Open Water Swim Classic at Maracas Bay in Trinidad. Theana Hay (1:16:04) and Rebecca Clarke (1:17:10) were second and third respectively after Samantha. Blaine Sobrian (1:12:30) and Marc Stauble (1:13:33) were second and third after Jonathan. In the 2.65K race,
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According to the Kyodo News, Australian Penny Palfrey completed the Tsugaru Channel on September 20th from Japan’s Hokkaido to its main island of Honshu in about 14½ hours under difficult conditions. With that success, Penny has now crossed six of the seven channels of the Ocean’s Seven – the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait,
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Avec plus de 130 courses organisées, le NYC Swim est le premier organisateur de course à la nage dans les eaux de New York. PNYTV était présent pour la course autour de l’île de Mannhattan le « Manhattan Island Marathon Swim » édition 2011. Watch the 2011 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim here on Paris New
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With the athletic world getting ready for the 2012 London Olympics, the exciting explosion of open water swimming in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and the hundreds of marathon swimmers traversing across the English Channel, there is always plenty to write about the swimmers of the United Kingdom, England, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
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From the Open Water Swimming Dictionary: “Wave Shark” (noun) is a wave that appears like a shark to open water swimmers and their coaches and support crew. It is simply a wave in the ocean, but its form or splash temporarily leads swimmers, coaches and crew to think there is a shark in close proximity.
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Listen to the stories, strategies and struggles behind Diana Nyad‘s two recent attempts in the Florida Strait between Cuba and Florida. Learn of her preparations on Cuba, the ravages of the elements in the water and how she prepared physically, psychologically, logistically, operationally and financially to achieve the Xtreme Dream. Diana Nyad was supported by
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Marcos Díaz celebrated International Coastal Cleanup Day with a 22K solo swim from Sosua Beach to the Malecon in Puerto Plata City along the north shore of his home country, the Dominican Republic. Recently honored as a United Nations Development Program Goodwill Ambassador, Marcos wanted to create something special to do something as goodwill ambassador
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