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Courtesy of S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, Arizona. The 2019 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, one of the world’s most unique and unlikely marathon swim series, has started in the desert of the state of Arizona. 45 swimmers are competing in the 4-day, 4-stage 66.9 km lake stage swim that was first envisioned by Kent Nicholas who was training […]
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Courtesy of Aleksandr Jakovlevs, International Winter Swimming Association, Jelgava, Latvia. Latvian Aleksandr Jakovlevs summed up the 2018 – 2019 International Winter Swimming Association season, “All the winter swimmers made this season unforgettable. 580 swimmers shared the experience of competing in 12 events including 4 stages of the IWSA World Cup over the season. The first
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Courtesy of National Geographic. National Geographic Magazine announced its choices of the Top 10 beaches located within United States national parks: 1. Assateague Island National Seashore along the Atlantic Coast in the states of Maryland and Virginia: nearly 60 km of white sand coastline with consistent surf throughout the year and fairly warm water in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Laguna Beach, California. Ryan Ballance [standing on the right], a retired fireman and waterman originally from Long Beach, California saved another life in February. It was his second lifesaving rescue in less than a year – his first one was at Laguna Beach along the shoreline and latest safe was in the
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Courtesy of Ron Collins, Tampa Bay, Florida. 53-year-old Jamie Proffitt of Bend, Oregon had previously won the 17.2 km Portland Bridge Swim down the Willamette River in downtown Portland on the West Coast in 2013. Six years later, he won the 38.6 km Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in Florida. Ron Collins had to unexpectedly change
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Lampedusa, Italy to Mahdia, Tunisia. After Nejib Belhedi completed an unprecedented 120 km swim between in September 2018 from Sfax to Djerba in Tunisia in 76 hours 30 minutes, he could have easily retired on his laurels. But the heart surgery bypass survivor from Tunisia is planning an even longer and more
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Prabhat Koli, 6 Down, 1 To Go In The Oceans Seven Courtesy of Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE and Laura Gutiérrez Díaz, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain – Morocco. 19-year-old Prabhat Koli is just one channel swim away from completing the Oceans Seven. He completed a tandem swim across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “When I think about the news we receive daily, endlessly, on our phones, read online, listen on the radio, and see on TV, it is often emotional, sensational and pessimistic, at least in the United States,” observes Steven Munatones. “Tweets, retweets, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, blog posts with
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