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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Doug Woodring of Project Kaisei appeared on a special issue of Open Water Wednesday where he explained about the tremendous amount of plastic garbage in our oceans – and what he is doing to help address the growing problem. Doug established a group of like-minded individuals and researched the massive – but largely unseen and […]
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With nearly 20,000 swimmers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds doing the annual Great Swim Series, as well as literally millions of others doing open water swims and triathlons around the world, from New Zealand to Iceland, the business opportunities for wetsuit manufacturers is heating up. A little company with 17 employees from a small
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2:02:55 vs. 2:02:57 vs. 2:02:59 – those were the times of the top three men at the Rosario 15K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event. It was quite a battle in the fast 15K race (due to currents) in Argentina, but Francisco Hervas of Spain took the top spot, winning his first FINA international
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Michael Read, president of the Channel Swimming Association who will appear on the next podcast on Open Water Wednesday, reported on the 2010 season, “2010 was one of our best and busiest years on record. The ratified swim successes are detailed below. Very many congratulations to all our latest solo swimmers.” 1. Chloe McCardle (21)
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Lynn Kubasek of Laguna Beach, California is one of the most positive, appreciative, uplifting and happiest swimmers on the Planet Earth. A stalwart in the Catalina Channel Swimming Association as a successful channel swimmer and on-the-call-24/7 Observer, she is always on the ready to serve as a pace swimmer, kayaker or observer. She is also
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Colin Hill of the Great Swim Series is at the UK Cold Water UK Cold Water Swimming Championships in Tooting Bec Lido where he will report on swimming in the 3ºC (37.4ºF) water. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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The renowned Jim Wheeler, acknowledged as one of the world’s top aquatic safety experts, will share his expertise at the Protecting Athletes: Open Water Swimming Safety Conference in San Francisco on March 18-20. A member of Pacific Masters Swimming, Jim also spoke on open water at the 2010 United States Aquatic Sports Convention: Jim is
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Cruise Control With Sid Cassidy On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. WOWSA Live pre-recorded an interview with Sid Cassidy where he took us on a nostalgic tour of open water swimming from the era of the dominant force of the 1970s in Olympic champion John Kinsella to the contemporary times of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Griffiths, Publisher and Editor of H2Open Magazine talks about the world’s first and only magazine devoted to open water swimming. “H2Open Magazine is a new publication for anyone who loves open water swimming whether you are a beginner or an experienced veteran, taking on a long-distance challenge, doing
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California Cristina Zárraga and Jacqueline Windh will release the English version of a fascinating book called Hai Kur Mamashu Shis (Quiero contarte un cuento in Spanish or I want to tell you a story). This 80-page paperback book was originally written by Cristina Calderón (shown on left) in the endangered
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