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Water Angels Complete Tsugaru Channel Relay Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. On July 24th, the Water Angels completed a 6-person relay across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 13 hours 48 minutes. The Ocean Navi relay members included Ikumi Ito, Takako Uchikuira, Ruriko Tani, Toshinori Hazama, […]
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Takaomi Modegi, Kumiko Koizumi, Yukie Makino Complete Tsugaru Crossing Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Team Tonatsu (or チーム都夏 in Japanese) completed a 3-person relay across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan on July 13th in 10 hours 40 minutes. The Ocean Navi relay members included Takaomi Modegi,
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Courtesy of The Catalina Islander. In mid-January 1927, 153 swimmers were entered in the 21-mile Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim from Isthmus Bay on Santa Catalina Island to San Pedro, California. The US$40,000 prize money had nearly everything to do in attracting the elite and the adventurous to the 12-15°C mid-winter water were from Southern California.
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Pauline Jackson was a trailblazing black open water swimmer from New York who broke barriers in the 1920’s and 1930’s
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Rivard’s and Brynn Complete Circumnavigation Border Bumper Swim Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. On August 2nd, 13-year-old Margaret Rivard, 16-year-old Vera Rivard, and 53-year-old Charlotte Brynn completed a 15-mile Circumnavigation Border Bumper Swim on Lake Memphremagog. The trio started from The Clubhous docks in Derby Bay, swam to the green buoy at the
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Passionate, Professional: Dr. Cecil Gordon On The Side Of Swimmers Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Whether he is standing on the deck of a competition pool or on the deck of an official’s boat in an open water race, Cecil Gordon M.D. always finds himself on the side of swimmers, both figuratively and
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John Van Wisse Talks With Andre Slade On OceanFit Courtesy of Andre Slad, Bondi Beach, Australia. Andre Slad is the founder and owner of OceanFit of Bondi, Australia. OceanFit enables people to enhance their ocean lifestyle and discover, learn, watch and share 365 days a year. It offers a large range of podcasts and how-to
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Courtesy of Andre Slade, Bondi Beach, Australia. Andre Slade is the founder and owner of OceanFit of Bondi, Australia. OceanFit enables people to enhance their ocean lifestyle and discover, learn, watch and share 365 days a year. It offers a large range of podcasts and how-to videos devoted to beach culture, ocean awareness, confidence and
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Mighty Mac Swimmers Give Back To The Mackinac Straits Community Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, St. Ignace, Michigan. Like tens of thousands of swims around the world, the Mighty Mac Swim race course will be empty this summer. Swimmers who were to participate in the cancelled Mighty Mac Swim have donated their entry fee refunds to
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When Diego Degano, Shelley Taylor-Smith Ruled Sylvan Lake Courtesy of Sylvan Lake News, circa August 11th 1992, Alberta, Canada. At the 30 km Sylvan Lake World Series Marathon Swim held in Alberta, Canada in August 1992, there were 12 future Honor Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame competing: Diego Degano, David O’Brien,
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