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A romance spanning six decades, a moment of solidarity at sea, and a magical end-of-an-era are among the stories of unforgettable swims commemorated by Speedo in a new website. Aquatic adventurers – similar to the people who will swim around Manhattan Island or attend the Global Open Water Swimming Conference this weekend – can upload […]
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With Olympic gold medalists, world champions, adventurers of note, luminaries of the sport and enthusiasts of all ages from dozens of countries, the ambiance of the Club Quarters Hotel in New York City is electrifying with open water swimming buzz. Together with another group of Manhattan Island Marathon Swimmers in the city too, New York
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A quilt made by an international group of quilters to memorialize the legacy of Fran Crippen is nearly finished. The design represents marker buoys on a rectangular course over deep and shallow water. It is an original design based on a traditional pattern and will be large enough to
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Mike Spalding On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. Mike Spalding has seen it all during his nine channel crossings throughout the state of Hawaii – and he explains it on this week’s WOWSA Live. Shark attacks, Portuguese man ‘o war wounds, huge surf, pounding waves, relentless sun, beautiful star-filled nights in
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The village of Supai, Arizona in the Grand Canyon is a hidden gem in the southwestern part of the United States. It is so far away from major cities – or even little cities – that supplies and mail must be delivered daily by mule to a few hundred people who live on this Havasupai
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Two-time Olympic medalist David Davies may be on the edge of not going to his third Olympics. Because he did not qualify for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim under the British Swimming qualification standards, his potential road to the 2012 London Olympics may be circuitous – or non-existent. Finishing 26th at the LEN Cup event
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Throughout New York City swimming history, women have demonstrated their endurance capabilities in the water – from Diana Nyad and Marcia Cleveland to Shelley Taylor-Smith and Penny Palfrey. Liz Fry – the dynamo from Connecticut – is now one of the women in the pantheon of New York City greats. Yesterday, Liz set three records
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Avon Shamash introduced her son to the adventurers in the open water world – Lewis Pugh, Martin Strel, Marcos Diaz and the rest of the stars who will be at the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies at the United Nations this weekend. “He loved talking about the Amazon, the adventure and the piranhas.
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“It ain’t easy,” doesn’t give justice to swimming between the Farallon Islands and the California coast. Vito Bialla reported that Joe Locke swam and was pushed ten miles in 1 hour and 20 minutes with the help of a 5.8-knot ebb tide, but then the fury of the Red Triangle defeated him. “We encountered brutal
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