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John Kinsella, an Olympic gold and silver medalist and the dominant professional marathon swimmer in the 1970s, will speak at the 2011 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in New York City on June 17th – 19th. John took to the open water like he swam in the pool – aggressively and out in front. Whether […]
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Thieves, bandits, burglars, criminals and crooks…they unfortunately exist, prowl, lurk and scavenge near the open water. But the Safe Swimmer can put your mind at ease… By Jarret Streiner for the International Swimming Hall of Fame Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Rod McDowall, Operations Manager of Red Sail Sports, is arranging for a flotilla of boats to escort Penny Palfrey from Little Cayman Island (West End Lighthouse) to her expected finish on Grand Cayman Island at Morritts Tortuga on the East End on June 9th. The scope and level of planning and preparation for Penny’s Bridging
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Some people claim and many media reports state certain distances across the English Channel and other marathon swims around the world. Often, these reported distances are longer than the accepted straight-line distance accepted by the global open water swimming community. Sometimes much longer. No one can swim perfectly straight
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Dying on Dry Land was the theme of Dr. Bruce Becker’s acceptance speech at the 2011 International Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies in Florida. For the past three decades, Dr. Becker has research the effects of aquatic activities on people with disabilities, injuries or ailments. He has shown that exercise in the water maximizes the
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The participants of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference will receive three free books as part of their paid attendance. The first book is Swimmers – Courage and Triumph by Larry Thompson. The second book is from the International Swimming Hall of Fame that gives a wealth of swimming trivia and facts. The third book
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Petar Stoychev has a new format on his English-language website. The site describes his incredibly vast marathon swimming career, from his English Channel world record of 6 hours and 57 minutes to his ten years of dominance over the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. A personable, multi-lingual intellectually savvy individual, Petar has been selected
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Tom Hetzel from Texas was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980 due to his illustrious career spanning the English Channel and professional marathon swims. From 1968 to 1972, Tom was an internationally ranked marathon swimmer and swam the English Channel eight times as a solo swimmer in addition to serving
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Visionary and marathon swimmer extraordinaire Dave Barra announced the registration is now open for the first five stages of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. “8 Bridges is a 120-mile, 7-day, 7-stage swim in the Hudson River, New York. The swim starts at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge near Catskill and finishes at the Verrazano-Narrows
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Kimberley Chambers of the Night Train Swimmers is looking for five tough-minded and physically strong women to become the first all-female team to swim 30 miles from the California coast near the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallones Island. “It is not an easy swim,” explained Kimberley who picked up swimming as a result of
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