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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay, Florida. Jonathan Strauss is organizing what is the make-or-break first step to the 2020 Olympic Games podium. America’s fastest open water swimmers will all be in Miami on May 3rd – 5th to compete in the 2019 U.S. Open Water Swimming Championships. Everyone of the top athletes are […]
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Mermaid Merle To Marathon Courtesy of WOWSA, Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay, Florida. Merle Liivand runs companies both in her adopted Florida and her native Estonia, models, serves as an ambassador for a number of charitable causes, and also enjoys the life of a mermaid. It is a given that she will compete in the 10
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Courtesy of Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, Anacapa Island, California. Dr. Caroline Block is one of most renowned channel swimmers on the planet in contemporary times. After a few valiant attempts to become the first person in history to complete an unprecedented two-way crossing of the North Channel, Dr. Block tied International Swimming Hall of
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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, will start on April 24th in the desert of the state of Arizona. 45 swimmers will take to the 4-day, 4-stage 66.9 km lake stage swim that was first envisioned by Kent Nicholas
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Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia. Alexander Brylin is organizing the International Swim across the La Pérouse Channel, an unprecedented 40 km international relay between Sakhalin, Russia and Hokkaido in northern Japan in July 2019. Brylin explains the preparations for the 20+ person relay across La Pérouse Strait, “We studied the currents from the Russian
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Courtesy of Jose Luis Larrosa, Putrajaya Lake, California. Putrajaya Lake was site of the 2017 8th Asian Open Water Swimming Championship and SEA Games that was hosted by the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia. The experience kicked off a desire for additional highly competitive events. This month on April 21st, Malaysia will host its first
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Mariel Hawley Dávila Reflects Upon The Oceans Seven Courtesy of Mariel Hawley Dávila, Cook Strait, New Zealand. While Mariel Hawley Dávila‘s crossing of the Cook Strait from the North Island to South Island in New Zealand took her 11 hours 45 minutes, there were many more hours that she spent training, preparing, planning, and traveling
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Adherbal de Oliveira Does 2x Travessia Ilha do Arvoredo Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Arvoredo Island, California. In 2007, Dailza Damas first envisioned a unique swim in the beautiful Arvoredo Marine Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica Marinha do Arvoredo) in Brazil. He thought of a 25 km crossing between the Arvoredo Island and the mainland
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