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Radio host Beth-Ann Kozlovich will conduct a fascinating interview with Penny and Chris Palfrey on the Hawaii Public Radio‘s Town Square program today at 5:00 – 6:00 pm Hawaii time. Listen to KIPO 89.3 FM in Hawaii or via a live stream accessible via Hawaii Public Radio. Beth explains, “Penny and Chis Palfrey are helping […]
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Smithwick’s StingMate® is one of the sponsors of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference. The StingMate product will be offered free to the athletes at the Open Water Pursuit and USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California. Out of curiosity, we inquired how, why, where and when StingMate® was invented. The
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In a news story from Reuters, 23-year-old Chinese swimming coach Zhang Jie from the Beijing Sports University is planning to swim 80K across Lake Khanka in August that may take her up to 40 hours. Lake Khanka sits on the border between China and Russia where an open water swimming competition will be held between
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Dr. Keith Bell, Race Director of The Money Box Cap 2k Open Water Race in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas predicts some exciting racing over this weekend. The next generation of open water swimming heroes and heroines will show their endurance, navigational skills and closing speed as part of the American Swimming Association-sanctioned activities.
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Two Swimmers In The Channel Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Two Swimmers is a documentary film about an inspirational true story of a young swimmer and his coach as they attempt to swim the English Channel in 2005 and the dramatic events that follow. Two Swimmers is dedicated to Mark Rickhuss, his family and all
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Doug Woodring posted a video teaser for the October 16th Clean Half extreme marathon swim in Hong Kong. The Clean Half is a 15K relay that offers a carbon-neutral option (i.e., where the relay members paddle an outrigger canoe instead of resting in a motorized boat during the 15K relay) on the beautiful side of
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Ram Barkai‘s innovations continue coming. This time, he is organizing the Africa Ice Swim in July. “According to my books, an ice swim is a minimum of a mile (1.6K) swim in sub-5°C (41°F). In line with my mission to do an ice swim on every continent, I have searched and found an appropriate place
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The Cayman Island Amateur Swimming Association launched its new website, see here. With some of the best open water swimming venues and competitions available in the world, the CIASA website gives justice to the wonderful open water swimming community in the Cayman Islands. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
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The Athlete Village will use its technology and expertise to provide an educational review and informative analysis of the men’s and women’s 10K races at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships on June 4th in Long Beach, California. After video-taping the world-class 10K swimmers from Canada, America, Azerbaijan and Egypt from the feeding
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Penny Palfrey shows a few of her Portuguese Man-o-War wounds after reaching land on Kauai, but her smile remains despite her disappointment in not completing her 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel attempt between the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii. Photos below by Bill Goding, one of her paddlers, show Penny greasing up before the start
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