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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. World Ocean Day is June 8th. Doug Woodring explains about the Oceanic Big Five. “Surfers, swimmers, paddlers, sailors and divers all make up the Oceanic Big Five, those athletes who do ocean sports although you can even do your sport in lakes and rivers, too any day of the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2014 Olympics will either be held in Los Angeles or Paris. The bidding process and lobbying will culminate in a vote later this year. The Los Angeles 2024 bid committee released a video of its proposed venues for the 2024 Los Angeles Olympic Games, potentially the third time
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. James Toomey is an American open water swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1971 as an Honour Administrator. Toomey conceived the idea of the 36 km (22.5-mile) Around the Island Swim in Atlantic City, U.S.A. in 1953 and served as its race
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Courtesy of Denny Ryther, Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands. The Flowers Sea Swims will concurrently serve as the 2017 Unión Americana de Natación Open Water Swimming Championships on June 9th – 12th in the crystal blue waters and white sandy beaches of Grand Cayman. 2017 will see the 25th anniversary of the Flowers One Mile
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Courtesy of Maarten van der Weijden. 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim champion Maarten van der Weijden is preparing for and visualizing his upcoming 24-hour swim on May 23th – 24th in order to benefit cancer research (Swimik ga 24h zwemmen Groot 2). Follow Maarten on Facebook here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of SoCal Cup, Lower Castaic Lake, Southern California. The Southern Pacific Masters Swimming announced its 2017 summer open water swimming schedule: * 4th Annual SoCal Cup Open Water Championships* (see here) in Castaic Lake on May 20th-21st * 48th Annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim** (see here) in Seal Beach on June 24th *
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Photo courtesy of Al Bello; text courtesy of USA Swimming, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Upon the recent passing of long-time USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus, Mike Unger was named as USA Swimming’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. Unger is unusual at the highest levels of swimming in the U.S. and among the 208 members within FINA because
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Courtesy of National Geographic Magazine. Because such an overabundance of plastic refuse presents such an increasing problem in the world’s oceans, it might be an interesting solution to the over-polluted planet if mealworms could swim and exist in water without creating other unforeseen or unanticipated problems.
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Courtesy of Seti Afoa, Apolima Strait Swim, Samoa. Six soloists and three teams completed the 22.3 km swim Apolima Strait Swim from Upolu to Savai’i in Samoa. The youngest of the pack led the way and has the potential to become the best hope for Samoa open water swimming on the international scene. Not only
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Courtesy of Paradise Adventures Sarasota, Sarasota, California. The year after the 7-mile (11.2 km) Swim Around Lido Key was cancelled due to weather, race directors David Miner and Steve Butler were hoping for the best. As the weather cooperated this time, Miner and Butler put on an outstanding comeback swim that concurrently served as the
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