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WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association and serve as an annual public recognition of the world’s open water swimmers and products or services in four categories via a global online poll. The […]
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Ned Denison Does His 25th Century Swim Around Sandycove Island In Ireland Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison completed 2,500 bioprene laps around Sandycove Island in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. The chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame described his 25th Century Swim circumnavigation swim achievement, “These swims were always
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global and WOWSA Live. In 2018, Roly Bisslik coached five swimmers from Aruba to follow in his wake and complete a 5-person tandem crossing from Venezuela to Aruba. 38-year-old Deaxo Croes (10 hours 20 minutes), 36-year-old retired Olympic swimmer Davy Bisslik (8 hours 43 minutes), 38-year-old Romar Arendsz (9 hours 48 minutes),
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Ella Foote, Outdoor Swimming Extraordinaire Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ella Foote will appear and speak at the Kendal Mountain Festival (see here). Foote is all about the open water and outdoor swimming. She serves as the Outdoor Swimmer Magazine co-editor and founded The Dip Advisor, an outdoor swim guide, an event speaker, and
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Avram Iancu SW!Ms The Danube Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. At the entirely online Kendal Mountain Festival, the newly released documentary film SW!M will be featured. SW!M showcases the 89-day stage swim of Avram Iancu. SW!M can be seen here as part of the Kendal Mountain Festival. Iancu swam a total of 2,860
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global and WOWSA Live. Diary of a Double documents the year-long journey of Antonio Argüelles who will attempt a 67 km two-way crossing of the English Channel in July 2021 with escort pilot Michael Oram. This week he stayed in Mexico City and trained a hard pool workout under coach Rafa Álvarez.
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Share The Adventure At The Kendal Mountain Festival Courtesy of Jenny Rice, Kendal Mountain Festival, UK. The Kendal Mountain Festival has transformed itself into a new digital experience that offers a unique mix of some of the world’s most renowned international athletes, adventurers, authors, and 15 curations featuring the latest adventure and environmental films and
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Swim From The Island of the Blue Dolphins Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. The California Channel Islands are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. Five of the islands are part of the Channel Islands National Park. The Channel Islands include: * Anacapa Island,
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2022 International Ice Swimming Association World Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 50m, 100m, 200m, 500m, 750m and 1000m freestyle events were on tap at the Rueda Winter Swimming Polish Cup, an ice swimming event sanctioned by the International Ice Swimming Association in Januszkowice, Poland on November 15th. The event is a precursor to
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Silbersee Eis Cup, This Weekend Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Silbersee Ice Cup(Silbersee Eis Cup), is a winter swimming and ice swimming competition sanctioned by the International Ice Swimming Association held in Langenhagen, Silbersee, Germany in a pool this weekend on December 5th – 6th. Ice Miler Florian Battermann is the event director
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