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Acronyms In The Open Water Swimming World Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are all kinds of abbreviations, acronyms, and terms used in the open water swimming world regarding training, organizations, locations, courses and conditions. There are many more acronyms and terms used in non-English languages, but below is a sampling of the English-language […]
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach,California. 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 September 2021. Throughout this journey, Argüelles will describe his pool and open water swimming workouts, preparation, nutrition, dryland training, and coaching for his solo channel
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What Did Ben Lecomte Do For 160 Days In The Pacific? Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte attempted a transpacific solo stage swim from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco, California across the Pacific Ocean. En route before The Swim was aborted due to safety concerns and a damaged escort boat mast, Lecomte gave
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#TheCureIsOutThere With A Long Swim Courtesy of Douglas McConnell, Barrington, Illinois. A Long Swim will be held from Northwestern to Northwestern on September 13th. Douglas McConnell explains, “We will start up at the Evanston campus at 7:30 in the morning, and swim south to the Medical School campus near Navy Pier. It will be 13
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Michele Barbucia Wins, Ned Denison Swims The Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli Courtesy of Ned Denison, Capri Island to Napoli, Italy. Last week, Arianna Bridi of Italy and Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil made history by beating all the professional marathon swimming men in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, a 36 km race between
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Katie Blair, Ted Lomicka, Chris Allshouse To Attempt St. Lucia Channel Swims Courtesy of Sue Dyson, St Lucia Channel Swim. Around the world the effects of COVID-19 pandemic have been felt in many ways. While people can note many negatives caused by the pandemic, there are some positives that come out of it as well
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Baltic of Kaniksu Expanding His Open Water Horizons Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Hastings is an accomplished white water kayaker, a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, and a biological science technician for the Army Corps of Engineers in the state of Washington. He is also an experienced mountaineer, but his speciality is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Open Water Swimming Association offers a series of Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History. There have been many great races and upsets during Olympic swimming history including those in the pool by Mike Burton (USA), Sylvia Poll (Costa Rica), Anthony Nesty (Suriname), Doug Russell (USA), Sandy
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Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History – Cold Around Atlantic City Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Open Water Swimming Association offers a series of Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History. While many great moves in open water swimming history requires speed, strength and stamina by some of the greatest swimmers
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Petar Stoychev and Vicky Kouveli won the 2020 Authentic Marathon Swim in Greece – and the 2021 edition will be held on July 2th-4th
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