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Courtesy of Stefan Reinke, Maui Channel, Hawaii. Nine months after Bill Goding recovered from his second shoulder surgery, he completed his 20th career crossing of the AuAu Channel on May 18th (not including a few more relay crossings). Goding has crossed this channel individually more than any other swimmer, but this past Saturday he swam from […]
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Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, Sfax, Tunisia. Nejib Belhedi will release his autobiography, Above the Ramparts in the Arabic, French and Russian languages. He explains the reason for the title, “The reason of the title of my book ‘Above the Ramparts‘ is because I was effectively born 10 feet from one of the eastern guard posts of
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Courtesy of Jacuzzi Surfer, Nazaré, Portugal. As the summer ocean swimming season rolls around in the Northern Hemisphere, thousands of open water races will feature on-the-beach starts and finishes. The beach finishes often comes after open water swimmers navigate the surf and whitewater as they swim and bodysurf into shore. Kalani Lattanzi shows how best to
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Omar El Galla completed a self-supported swim in Egypt
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Courtesy of WOWSA, San Francisco Bay, California. The San Francisco Frogman Swim (formerly the Golden Gate Frogman Swim and sister swim to the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim is a 2-mile swim and fundraiser on July 14th that benefits the Navy SEAL Foundation that supports wounded and fallen Navy SEALs, NSW Support Personnel and their families.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Kaş Harbour, Turkey. The Meis-Kaş Swimming Competition is a 7.1 km cross-border (Greece-to-Turkey) open water swim held in June. Starting on Meis, the closest Greek island to the Turkish mainland, in the harbour of Castellorizo (aka Castellorizon or Kastelorizo), swimmers finish in Kaş Harbour in Turkey. Castellorizo is known in Greek as Megisti and,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Beverly, Massachusetts “My coaching career has allowed me to chase my dreams and realize them; travel the world and learn new languages: French, German and Spanish,” said Chris Morgan who not only organizes ocean races in Massachusetts, but also serves as the head coach of Gator Swim Club and the new Boston Water
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Courtesy of Colin Hill Colin Hill swims nearly daily somewhere around the world, from Asia to Europe. But there is one spot near his home that is near and dear to his heart: a beautiful valley in the Northern area of the Lake District in his native England with a cascading series of waterfalls and
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Courtesy of Save The Bay Swim, Newport to Jamestown Island, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Olympic pool swimming medalists have participated in, organized and served as open water swimming ambassadors and patrons for decades around the world. Ever since 6-time Olympic medalist and multiple world record holder Johnny Weissmuller served as the International Commissioner of Marathon
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Courtesy of Colin Hill on Beau Vallon Beach in Seychelles. Colin Hill captured Marc-Antoine Oliviers victory in a highlight reel of this weekend’s FINA / CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 10 km race in Seychelles. Official Men’s Results: 1. Marc-Antoine Olivier (France) 1:56:02.00 2. Nicholas Sloman(Australia) 1:56:04.10 3. Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary) 1:56:04.30 4. Ferry Weertman
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