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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. blueseventy, has teamed up with one of the most enthusiastic, engaging and entertaining open water swimming enthusiasts in America Rob Dumouchel of Rob Aquatics, to launch the Rob Aquatics Summer Open Water Tour. When the swimsuit manufacturer most committed to the sport of open water swimming partners with a […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gadi Katz, who organized the unprecedented Three Days in Three Seas event in 2009, is organizing even more open water swims in Israel for 2010. “We will start off with the Tel Aviv Open Water Race on May 28th, the first open water race in Tel Aviv with the
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The official results of the global World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year poll, won by Andrew Smilley of the Cayman Islands for his cold-water San Francisco Bay swim in the RCP Tiburon Mile were tabulated and confirmed – and are shown below. With 9,133 votes cast by fans around the globe, Andrew barely
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Mighty Mermaids, marvelously fit women past the half-century mark who continue to hit the waterways around the world, make big plans this Northern Hemisphere summer of 2010. The Mighty Mermaids are going to attempt to break two Catalina Channel relay records. In fact, they’ll attempt to set an
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An intrepid team of Americans and Mexicans will attempt an unprecedented swim of 182K (113 miles) across the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, a unique and rich aquatic ecosystem where the swimmers may encounter whales (fin, sperm, humpback, gray, blue or killer), giant manta rays, giant sea turtles and whale sharks Three American swimmers, part
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we think of open water swimming in Mexico, Nora Toledano Cadena is certainly one of the first to come to mind. A 2006 inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Nora has been a stand-out swimmer, a stellar race organizer, a wonderful spokesperson and a true
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Donald Miralle, Jr. won the sports action contest sponsored by the World Press Photo – again (see winning photo of 2005 on left). A former competitive swimmer and all-around waterman, award-winning Donald is always considered on the cutting edge of the photo industry. His winning awards this year were shot at the Hawaiian Ironman –
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Yale University student Abby Nunn beat all the men and women at the 33rd annual Chris Green Lake Swim in Charlottesville, Virginia (USA). Her victory was doubled as the U.S. Masters Swimming 1- and 2-mile open water swimming national championships were being held concurrently. She became the third female to win the overall time, winning
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA’s longest Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race is from the city of Hernandarias to Parana in Argentina…a nearly impossibly long 88K (54 miles). 14 men and 8 women started the Maraton International Hernandarias-Parana on February 7th, racing downstream in the 21ºC water together to the exciting finish. Damián
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Mike Humphreys swam the 20-mile circumference of Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada becoming the fourth person to circumnavigate the ruggedly beautiful island in 63-66°F waters. Bowen Island is in Howe Sound near Vancouver, Canada. A popular destination, Bowen Island offers stunning vistas for a small number of inhabitants. Mike started near Snug Cove at 5
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