To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Shane Gould, the great Australian Olympic champion, is organizing the Devil of A Swim in Bicheno, Tasmania on March 20th. “I am hoping people will visit Tasmania to take part in this adventure swim in a wildish place when the water is warmest. The unique open water swim caters to competitive and social swimmers.” “The […]
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The Lost Sea is America’s largest underground lake, part of the extensive Craighead Caverns deep inside a mountain in East Tennessee. The 4+ acre lake is a Registered National Natural Landmark and site of a large collection of rare anthodites, known as Cave Flowers, with boats and tours. If there were open water swimming there,
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The British have their UK Cold Water Swimming Championships; the Finish organize relays; the Czechs train and compete year-round. The Estonians do it. The South Africans do it up at high altitude (1260 meters) and the Americans enjoy it from the shores of New York and Boston to high up in the western mountains where
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Anna Wardley appeared on the popular BBC television show Total Wipeout. Anna filmed her episode in Argentina after going through a grueling audition where she was one of 160 – out of 65,000 wanna-be television stars – to be selected. “I’m running a virtual fundraiser for Turning the Tide so that my three charities can
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Ingrid Loos Miller just launched her third book in the Ironman Series called Fearless Swimming For Triathletes. Ingrid takes a very real and difficult subject – the fear of the open water – and clearly and colorfully describes the obstacles facing anyone who ventures beyond the shore lines. From body surfing into the transition area
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The United Nations Environment Programme highlighted plastic pollution in the globe’s oceans as one of its priority issues in its annual report. The United Nations highlighted an urgent need for a fundamental green economy shift in a nod to environmentalists and others who deeply care about the health of our planet. The report tells of
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USA Swimming is looking for a good (wo)man. As a result of some major changes in Colorado Springs, USA Swimming created a new position at its headquarters and is hiring an Open Water Program Manager who will report directly to new National Team Director Frank Busch. The new Open Water Program Manager will plan and
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As we look across the entire spectrum of marathon swimming from slow to fast, from young to old, from novice to professional, women – on average – give a good battle to their male colleagues in the oceans and lakes around the world. If the fastest of the English Channel swimmers are analyzed, the pendulum
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Bravery In The Open Water – Achmat Hassiem, A True Hero Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Achmat Hassiem did something so heroic, so unbelievable, so humbling that it is hard to explain. The former lifeguard from Strandfontein Village in Cape Town, South Africa literally lost his leg when he jumped in front of a
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The current rankings on the 2011 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit after four legs of the 11-event series show defending champion Pilar Geijo of Argentina on top of the standing. 1. PILAR GEIJO (ARG) 37 points2. ESTHER NUÑEZ (ESP) 32 3. CECILIA BIAGIOLI (ARG) 30 4. ANTONELLA BOGARIN (ARG) 23 5. EVA FABIAN
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