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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the remote Indonesian islands of Gili and in the national marine park in northern Bali, man’s encroachment on our marine environment is ever so evident. The beautifully clear tropical waters are polluted with the remnants of modern society. Open Water Source is working with Project Kaisei to help […]
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There are few sports in the world where an athlete can get better with age…but marathon swimming is definitely one of them. Improvement can come through increased and more intelligent training, better nutrition and hydration during a swim, technological advancements in navigation and weather predictions, better swimming techniques and the wisdom of age. Antonio Argüelles
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Michael Jennings, a two-time English Channel swimmer and former Channel Swimming Association member, knows what devotion and support for his fellow swimmers. He observed 70 channel attempts in the 1960s, of which “only about 20 of which were successful.” He explains, “It wasn’t then like it is now with some 250 attempts this year.” One
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Why is the well-known open water swimming documentarist Rob Dumouchel a slight shade of pink? Why hundreds of thousands around the world were going for a little dip in the ocean on New Year’s Day – basically running in quickly, splashing about and then enjoying the experience and the many after stories with friends and
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Marcos Díaz circled the globe between May and September in a unique set of five swims. The pride of the Dominican Republic won over the hearts of many after five challenging swims on behalf of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Through his charismatic personality, humanitarian vision and ability to move wizened politicians and wide-eyed
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The North (Irish) Channel is renowned for being the toughest channel swim in the world – cold, rough, filled with jellyfish and fraught with unpredictable weather. But it was site to the tenacious efforts of one Irish women who never quit until she reached the other side. Anne Marie Ward, an unlikely endurance heroine, joined
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The Ventura Deep Six won the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for its outstanding world record relay swim of 202 miles (325K) along the rugged California coast during the coldest winter on record. Scott Stankey memorialized the exploits of the Ventura Deep Six in a visually outstanding documentary. The dual nominees
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Margot Shave of The Australian researched some telling statistics in cooperation with Paul Ellercamp of OceanSwims, the authoritative online resource for open water swimming in Australia and one of the leading English-language open water swimming websites in the world. In New South Wales, the growing popularity of ocean swims is in the number: from 17
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Rob Dumouchel, a nominee for the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year is the lone entrant in the inaugural Pismo Polar Bear 10K Swim, a cold-water swim from Avila Beach Pier to the Pismo Bear Pier along the beautiful central California coast. “It’s something I’ve been wanting to do, so I thought I’d
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There are a number of unique places in the world where a number of world open water swimming records can be established. Channels in the state of Hawaii include the Kaiwi, Auau, Kalohi, Alalakeiki, Pailolo, Alenuihaha and the Kaulakahi channels that lie between the islands of Maui, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, Hawaii, Lanai and Kahoolawe. Among
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