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Courtesy of WOWSA, Margate Beach, UK. After rocketing to global fame with his 157-day, 209-stage 2,884 km assisted stage swim around the coastlines of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland in his Great British Swim that culminated on Margate Beach on November 4th, Ross Edgley is now heading onto the World’s Fittest Tour. Edgley said, “I […]
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Courtesy of Shu Pu, Doug Woodring. The 7th annual Cold Half & Cold Plunge winter swim races will be held in Hong Kong on January 26th 2019. The Cold Half is a 15 km solo or 2-person relay race with a limited number of entries. “It is a first come, first serve basis,” explains Doug
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nuala Moore is now developing courses to teach about the risks and challenges of the ice swimming world. The purpose is to educate and train swimmers and teams by increasing their curiosity onto the risks. She will offer her next course on January 12th 2019. “We are embarking on
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Thomas Pembroke Achieves The Oceans Seven Courtesy of WOWSA, Cook Strait, New Zealand. It is done. Over the last five years, Thomas Pembroke has been determined to swim across channels around the world while helping to raise money for a variety of worthwhile causes. Pembroke became the second Australian, the 13th person in history, and
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What Did Ben Lecomte Do For 160 Days In The Pacific? Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte attempted a transpacific solo stage swim from Choshi, Japan, starting on June 5th to San Francisco, California across the Pacific Ocean. En route on the Seeker via modern technology, Lecomte gave a speech about what he
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Courtesy of Nora Toledano Cadena and Jorge Obregón, Mexico. The top open water swimming events in Mexico during 2019 include the following events as compiled by Nora Toledano Cadena and Jorge Obregón are listed below. The races stretch from north to south, from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and many places between. Ocean
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Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. After 30 years without swimming, 48-year-old Henrique Martins Santos returned to the water and did some hard training. His reward? A successful Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in a fast 8 hours 17 minutes along the beautiful Rio de Janeiro coastline. His swim began
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Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Willoughby, Newport, Vermont. Pam Ladds of Newport, Vermont and Julie Zeitlinger of Sutton, Canada [shown on left] completed a Swim The Chillies in Lake Willoughby on December 15th. Phil White said, “I brought an ax just in case. But, the water is open and they swam with the ducks. In
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Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. Larissa Lino Morato Campos from the city of Pará de Minas in the State of Minas Gerais became the youngest swimmer to complete the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal. Larissa Morato registered her attempt in December 2017 and has been training ever since to
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