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Swimming Across Lake Ontario Courtesy of Tony Chisholm, Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum, Canada. Tony Chisholm has helped swimmers across Lake Ontario since 2008. He has worked with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum as a volunteer tour guide for 7 years and was Volunteer of the Year for the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake in 2015. Previously, he helped his son Shaun […]
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Richard Broer Talks About Dutch Open Water Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Contributor Richard Broer talked about open water swimming in the Netherlands with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. Broer, a psychologist
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Pilar Geijo Talks About Her Long Career On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global. Argentina has produced many storied marathon swimmers over the past several decades who have traveled around the world, including Antonio Abertondo, Damián Blaum, Alfredo Camarero, Pedro A. Candioti, Silvia Beatríz Dalotto, Diego Degano, Lilian Harrison, Horacio Iglesias, Carlos Larriera, Gustavo Oriozabala,
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. British channel swimming icon and journalist Kevin Murphy has proven himself in the media and in the world’s waterways as a marathon swimmer over the last several decades. A young 22-year-old from the University of Southern California, Becca Mann is displaying similar talents with a published fiction book,
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Capturing, Commemorating, Celebrating Irish Marathon Swims Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, Newry, Northern Ireland. Pádraig Mallon of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services is looking back at history. He announced, “Open water swimming in all its benefits is growing at a phenomenal rate. The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association,
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Hall Of Famer Peter Jurzynski Talks About His Career On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 69-year-old Peter Jurzynski is a passionate and focused open water swimmer. Originally from the state of Connecticut, he developed his potential while training in Boston and England as well as taking part in many New England
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Barry Watson Reminiscences About The Past On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Barry Watson was sponsored by his home town to cross the English Channel in 1964. He proved their investment in him was a wise one. The famed 82-year-old British marathon swimmer recalled the parade and large number of well-wishers
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Linda McGill Recalls Her Illustrious Career On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 1964 Olympian and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Linda McGill talked about her prolific career as an 1964 Olympic swimmer to her record-setting English Channel crossing. The Australian Olympic swimmer talked about a wide variety of
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Mark Caron and Adam Nuhfer discuss Open Water Safety and their WAVE Drowning Detection Systesm on WOWSA Live
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Michael Twigg-Smith, David Harvey, Mark Hamilton Talk About Channel Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Catalina Channel, California. Michael Twigg-Smith, David Harvey, and Mark Hamilton in the North Channel are seamen extraordinaire and experienced channel swimming escort pilots. Twigg-Smith escorts swimmers across the 42 km Molokai Channel between the islands of Oahu and