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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Salvatore Cimmino understands the importance of a small, but grand, gesture especially for those who are disabled and often forgotten. On May 10th, Cimmino will attempt a 60 km solo swim from Monvu in Bukavu across the Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, in the Democratic Republic […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Great Britain’s Jack Burnell returned to the top of the podium by beating 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands and up-and-coming David Aubry of France by 3 and 4 tenths of a second, respectively at the 2017 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The top nine swimmers finished within five seconds of one another in a ferocious sprint at the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates today. Aurélie Muller of France just barely out-touched training partner Sharon van Rouwendaal by a tenth of
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Trailer: From the Golden Gate to the Farallones from Bushell Film on Vimeo. At today’s International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco, California, the film From the Golden State to the Farallones by Jack Bushell tells the dramatically inspirational story behind Simon Dominguez‘s 30-mile (48.2 km) attempt at swimming from the Golden Gate Bridge to
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Three Miles from Safety: The Story of the USS Conestoga from David Ruck on Vimeo. While swimmers like Stewart Evans (1967), Ted Erikson (1967), Craig Lenning (2014), Joseph Locke (2014), and Kimberley Chambers (2015) have successfully completed solo swims to or from the Farallon Islands, this 30-mile stretch of water is risky at best. But
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Surfers' Blood from The Orchard on Vimeo. “I love watching the imagery of surfing films. The surfing film cinematographers really know how to make the ocean love so powerful, so majestic, and so beautiful,” observes Steven Munatones. I think the documentaries shown at the International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco, California are among the
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WAY EAST | Trailer from Mathias Kögel on Vimeo. The International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco, California is live and bringing marine cinematography at its best. Day 2 of the film festival highlighted seahorses, shipping, and surfing in a mix of ocean films at the Cowell Theater. “One of the films that I loved
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marina Martinique at Jeffreys Bay was the venue of the 2017 South African Open Water Swim Championships where 3 km, 5 km and 10 km races were held in smooth-water conditions. Chad Ho comfortably won the 10 km race in 1 hour 51 minutes and turned his focus on
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The Lengthy Legacy Of Nasser Elshazly Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nasser Elshazly served as an airline station chief in London for many years. For many of non-Egyptians who made his acquaintance over the years in London, they may not have known about is prolific marathon swimming career that ranged between 1976 and 1992.
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KIM SWIMS film trailer courtesy of Kate Webber. In her new role as Adobe Corporation’s spokesperson for Corporate Responsibility, Oceans Seven channel swimmer Kimberley Chambers will speak tomorrow at the United Nations in New York City on Adobe’s social impact and sustainability initiatives. Chambers is speaking at the The Youth Forum at the 61st Session
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