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2019 Reef & Run Series In Santa Barbara Courtesy of Reef & Run, Santa Barbara, California. The 2019 Reef & Run season began last week and will continue Thursday nights for another 10 weeks until August 29th when the ocean swim season culminates in the Boat to Beach race. “It is a great bargain at […]
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André Wiersig Becomes First German To Complete Oceans Seven Courtesy of André Wiersig, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain-Morocco. Video and photos courtesy of Dennis Daletzki. Oceans Seven has been achieved by 16 individuals in history: • Stephen Redmond of Ireland • Anna Carin Nordin of Sweden • Michelle Macy of the U.S.A. • Darren Miller of the U.S.A. • Adam Walker of the UK • Kimberley Chambers of
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Eoin O’Riordan Completes His Millennium Swim Around Sandycove Island Courtesy of Ned Denison, Sandycove Island, Cork, Ireland. The Century Swim is the 100th open water swim of the same venue, event or crossing or a non-stop swim of 100 miles or kilometers in length. Those swimmers are referred to as Centurions. But a Millennium Swim goes well beyond
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Adrienne Groccia Sets Record In Stage 4 Of 8 Bridges Courtesy of Rondi Davies, Hudson River, New York Open Water. Two 20-something young women went 1-2 on Stage 4 – known as The Highlands – in the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, the longest open water swim in the world at 193 km of stage
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André Wiersig Across The Strait Of Gibraltar By Dennis Daletzki Photos of André Wiersig across the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco courtesy of Dennis Daletzki. André Wiersig of Germany became the 16th person in history to completed Oceans Seven, the first German swimmer to do so. His solo journeys across the 33.8 km
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Swim The Avenues In Redondo Beach Courtesy of Tim Bomba, Redondo Beach, California. Tim Bomba will be announcing the 2nd annual ‘Swim the Avenues‘ in Redondo Beach in Southern California, “On race day, there will be a 1-mile swim, and a ½-mile swim with wetsuit and non-wetsuit categories. This event is an official qualifying swim
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Seven Stagers Continue Onto The Highlands Courtesy of Rondi Davies, Hudson River, New York Open Water. The 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim is the longest open water swim in the world, at 193 km of stage swimming in 7 stages along the Hudson River. After swimming The Islands (29.4 km on Stage 1), The Lighthouses
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Open Water Swimming In Honduras Courtesy of Rodil Casanova, Amigos de las Aguas Abiertas, Honduras. Blue, green and all kinds of hues and shades in between, open water swimming in Honduras is an exercise in marine beauty. For example, the Guanaja Green Island Open Water or Torneo Internactional de Natacion de Aguas Abiertas is a
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For Those Who Want To Accomplish Great Things Courtesy of McCarley International, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It seems that Anthony McCarley has reinvented himself time and time again. From diving for abalone in his youth in northern California to swimming across the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Santa Barbara Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, and around Manhattan Island
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Leslie Hamilton, Heather Fairbanks Go 1-2 In 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim Courtesy of Rondi Davies, Hudson River, New York Open Water. Video courtesy of kayaker Michael Smalley. Race director Rondi Davies reported on Stage 3 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, a 24.46 km river swim from the the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to the
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