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The inaugural Epic Swim Festival in New Zealand will kick-off its first year in the majestic Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand, in January 2010. The Epic Swim Festival showcase New Zealand best with the New Zealand 5K and 10K Open Water Championships and the New Zealand Masters 2.5K Open Water Championships. Additionally, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. According to Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World by Scott Chimileski and Roberto Kolter, the White Cliffs of Dover are made from millions of years of buildup of exoskeletons of plated marine microbes called coccolithophores. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. Romanian Avram Iancu continues on his stage swim of 2,860 km, forecasted to last 60 days, along the Danube River through Europe. The 41-year-old librarian from Petrosani, Transylvania started his stage swim from Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. He
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. U.S. Masters Swimming Announces New Officers and Award Winners U.S. Masters Swimming has concluded its annual meeting during the United States Aquatic Sports Convention in Dallas, Texas. In addition to committee meetings and rules and legislation reviews, USMS held officer elections and honored many of its deserving volunteers with
The Disappearing Female Athlete commentary courtesy of Mallory Mead, Manhattan Beach, California. I recently won the women’s race at the Dwight Crum Pier to Pier Swim in Manhattan Beach, California. One of the largest and most competitive open water races in the US, there were almost 1,100 swimmers who stepped to the line that day.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Endurance Sport Practice as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter The typical clinical profile of sport-related AF or atrial flutter is a middle-aged man (in his forties or fifties) who has been involved in regular endurance sport practice since his youth (soccer, cycling, jogging, and swimming),
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you will be near Slovenia around 28th of June 2014 I invite you to my swim marathon in Slovenia. It will be unique one, because It will take place in river Krka. Place is named Kostanjevica na Krki (which means City Kostanjevica on river Krka). This is the
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Courtesy of Gregory S. Rotole, D.D.S. of Huntington Beach, California. In the pool, the body dolphin – also known as the fifth stroke – is used off the turns in pool swimming for maximum speed and efficiency. Analogously, adaptation of the body dolphin to open water and distance events permits the swimming of the other
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Buzzards Bay is home to some amazing animals, and I want to do everything I can to help preserve their home,” says Colleen Hamilton, a Commonwealth Corporate Member at Buzzards Bay Coalition. “Since my birthday is pretty close to the Swim, I am asking friends and family to donate
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Masters swimming is about fitness, camaraderie, and fun, but there is an element of competition that many adult swimmers of all ages and abilities enjoy. U.S. Masters Swimming is holding its annual Spring National Championship in Santa Clara, California in early May. Because many open water swimmers compete in
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