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English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Manhattan Island and Ederle marathon swimmer Michael Miller of Honolulu has a habit of training with board shorts during his long training sessions for extra drag. But he also drags around a lot more than heavy board shorts during this training swims. “Somehow, during the years I have trained […]
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Dr. Harry Huffaker, a new member of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, will be honored with the other members of his Class of 2010/2011 in New York City during the Global Open Water Swimming Conference and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim weekend. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony in June will
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From far and wide, many marathon swimmers will descend upon Indiana’s Morse Reservoir on June 18th. Dick Sidner (shown on left) and his team of dedicated volunteers will host the 2011 U.S. Masters Swimming 25 km National Championships. Besides the hoards of solo swimmers, the event will also have
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The Amazon. The Mississippi. The Danube. The Yangtze. The Paraná. And now the Colorado River. The Big River Man, Martin Strel, is coming to America (again). Martin’s next downstream river challenge will start in May when he plans to swim down the mighty 1,450-mile (2330K) Colorado River in the western United States. “Colorado River is
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In October 1994, Steven Munatones attempted and completed a solo 29 km circumnavigation of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost part of Japan in Okinawa – only 110 km from Taiwan. But he was not alone in pioneering this circumnavigation swim. The silver bodies of hundreds of hammerhead sharks circled below Munatones and his two escort boats,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John DaPrato of New York wrote about his experiences at the Boston Light Swim. “The Coney Island Cyclone was to my left and the Pier was behind me, it was just another sunny July day in New York. I guess I was swimming about an eighth of a mile
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Due to the large 6.3-magnitude Christchurch earthquake, the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series is posting up-to-date information on the State Corsair Classic that is scheduled for this Saturday. “We will be monitoring the situation closely.” A decision on the event will be made this Thursday – check here. “We will make an informed decision on
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee and famed marathon swimmer Ted Erikson offered a proposal/challenge here. Ted explores the intersection of thermodynamics, swimming and panpsychism. “…the goal is to identify and define panpsychism (a very ancient philosophy implying ALL things are aware and exhibit a hierarchy of consciousness). Unusual uses of geometry, swims and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. U.S. Masters Swimming featured the plans and exploits of Vito Bialla and his merry band of Farallon Islands Swimming Federation swimmers here Laura Jones writes about the first swim of the Farallon Islands Swimming Federation season, coming up on March 15th with Phil Cutti, Mike Chase, Joe Locke, Michelle
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marcos Díaz, the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year and Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, completed his fourth swim of the Swim Across the Continents in the Bering Strait while swimming back in time. That is, he started on one day
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