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Bruce Kania, CEO of Floating Islands International, and his team has created a clever solution to help increase the water quality of open bodies of water. Floating Islands International has sold more than 4,000 floating islands – or plant rafts – to help clean polluted lakes and ponds in 12 countries. The plant rafts allow […]
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Jen Schumacher is aiming to be the first person in history to conquer the Oceans Seven, seven of world’s most renowned or toughest marathon swims. With the Catalina Channel under her cap (twice with a Catalina-to-mainland and a mainland-to-Crossing crossing), Jen is swimming towards a target no one has yet accomplished. She has everything going
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What happens before and during a FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup? Open Water Source takes you behind the scenes: During the pre-race technical meeting with Ivan Torres, the local race director of the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup (Copa Mundial de Natación FINA Maratón 10 km) in Cancún, issues ranging from athlete safety
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The second leg of the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series (Copa Mundial de Natación FINA Maratón 10 km) will be held in Cancún, Mexico this Saturday, April 30th. What happens when 76 top professional marathon swimming stars get together? Open Water Source will take you behind the scenes for a closer look. The
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Most people see this sign and never think twice about getting in the water. Other hard-core open water swimmers read this sign and wonder if there are any days where the stingers and crocodiles are less prevalent. Then, there are a handful of open water swimmers who read a sign like this and think, “Voila!
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Tom ‘Iceman’ McGann, himself a passionate proponent of winter bathing took a great photograph of the Iceberg Athletic Club in January 1962. Those tough men, members of a club founded in 1918, look remarkably physically fit, full of vitality and ready to hit the waves in any temperature. The Iceman describes the group, “They range
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173 swimmers from the Fuzhou Winter Swimming Association in China, including 82-year-old Li Shizheng, traveled to Taiwan participated at the invitation of the Masters Swimming Association of Taiwan. The 12th annual 3K Olympic Hengchun Open Water Swim last weekend saw over 3,000 other swimmers take to the waters off Taiwan’s southern coastline near Kenting. Members
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1972 Olympic triple gold medalist Sandy Neilson-Bell has a lot on her plate at the upcoming Money Box Cap 2k. The charity swim has a split personality with both highly competitive and merely leisure swimmers enjoying the 2K course from Red Bud Isle to the Texas Rowing Center near Austin as well as being site
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Some of the world’s greatest open water swimmers are among the 400 entrants in the 7.5K Cadiz Freedom Swim from Robben Island, South Africa on May 7th and 8th. With 13°C (55°F ) waters, strong currents and marine life, the Cadiz Freedom Swim also celebrates South Africa’s Freedom Day while raising funds for Vista Nova
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