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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pilar Geijo, one of the world’s best marathon swimmers on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix, is gaining attention for her exploits. Pilar appeared on The Disney Channel – a Spanish-language appearance which is well-deserved for Pilar swims around the world in races as varied as swimming 34 […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Evan Morrison of Chicago, Illinois won the 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim going away today in 8:59 as he also beat all the relays except a 3-person team of Davidson College swimmers. “There were rough seas from start to well around Pinellas Point. Then, the swells were in the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Slovenian champion Rok Kerin showed his class when he won the Bell Buoy Challenge in cold and choppy conditions at the Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival in Port Elizabeth, South Africa today. Kerin, who has swum all over the world in nearly every kind of condition and venue, utilized
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The EPIC5 Challenge is an athletic and spiritual journey which takes place over 5 days on 5 islands covering 703 miles. Jason Lester organizes the EPIC5 Challenge that requires each athlete to complete a full Ironman distance – 2.4 miles (3.8K) swimming, 112 miles (180K) cycling, 26 miles (42K)
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 14th annual 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim is underway today in western Florida. Race founder Ron Collins is providing frequent twitter updates throughout the day with comments and photos. Click here to find out more as Evan Morrison is in the lead with Kevin Anderson and Don MacDonald
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There will be many inspirational speakers and great marathon swimmers from the past 50 years at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in New York City in June. Among the accomplished swimmers will be South African extreme adventurer Ram Barkai, shown coming out of ice-cold water in Patagonia. Barkai
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There will be many inspirational speakers and great marathon swimmers from the past 50 years at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in New York City in June. Among the accomplished swimmers will be Dr. Penny Dean who once held the English Channel record for 19 years (7:40) and still holds the Catalina Channel record
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There will be many inspirational speakers and great marathon swimmers at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in New York City in June. Among the accomplished swimmers will be Anne Marie Ward of Ireland who will be honored as the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Hill of the Triathlon Club of San Diego announced the Tiki Swim and a special discount code for the open water swimming community. The US$5 discount code for the September swim is OWSB11 . “Distances will be 1.2 miles and 2.4 miles in either a swimsuit or wetsuit,”
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bruckner Chase of California will visit American Samoa to raise awareness of the impact mankind has on the oceans. The passionate advocate of the oceans partnered with the National Marine Sanctuaries to complete swim expeditions at national Marine Sanctuary sites throughout the United States. On May 14th, his first
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