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It Takes A Very Special Swimmer To Try Again Courtesy of WOWSA, Alenuihaha Channel, Hawaii. What does it take to get bitten by a shark and then go right into the same water and swim again? It takes something special. Very, very special. Open water swimmers like Penny Palfrey and Olympic gold medalist Gary Hall, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The nearly sold-out OceanFit wild swimming camp will be held on March 24th-26th at the Killalea State Park, south of Sydney, Australia. “The long-weekend wild swimming camp has it all; ocean swimming training and ocean swims, a swim into and down a river, a lake swim and rest and
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Courtesy of Miquel Suñer with James Manresa. 48 Braçades: Solo tú marcas tu horizonte (48 Swimming Strokes: Only you set your horizons) is a 230-page book written in Spanish and Catalan by Miquel Suñer and James Manresa, published by Planeta. Neda el Món says, “48 Braçades is the perfect choice [for a gift]. It is
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Courtesy of Water World Swim, LLC, San Francisco Bay, California. Today, Water World Swim kicks off its season with a day of 54°F (12°C) in San Francisco Bay. “It’s a good time to get back in the Bay – and in time for our first monthly Alcatraz of the year on March 18th,” announced Pedro
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Courtesy of Dr. Wallace J. Nichols for 100 Days of Blue. “#100DaysofBlue in 2017 will begin on May 29th (Memorial Day) and end on September 4t (Labor Day) with lots of open water swims highlighted throughout,” announced Dr. Wallace J. Nichols. 100 Days of Blue is a way to engage more people in a conversation
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephen Del Monte of Founder and CEO of DelMoSports organizes the annual Escape to Lewes Open Water Classic in DelMoSports in the state of Delaware. The 1-mile and 3-mile races have an unusual start. Del Monte explains his races: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Of all the various
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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Mikkelvik Brygge (located at 70° 3′ 12.312” N 19° 1′ 55.2396” E) at the Norway Ice Swimming Expedition in northern Norway. Ger Kennedy led the way on Super Ice Saturday at the 2017 Norway Ice Swimming Expedition in northern Norway in Mikkelvik Brygge. But the Polar Ice Swim was too short
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Courtesy of Janet Kylander Manning, Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival, Vermont. Janet Kylander Manning reports that the water is cold (-0.6°C or 30.8°F) at today’s Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Vermont. “Feels great. The air and wind are crazy cold, with windchill -24°F.” They will be swimming 25m, 50m, 100m, and 200m events in a 25-meter,
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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Mikkelvik Brygge (located at 70° 3′ 12.312” N 19° 1′ 55.2396” E) on the Norway Ice Swimming Expedition in northern Norway. Ger Kennedy is leading Norway Ice Swimming Expedition in northern Norway in Mikkelvik Brygge. “Today, in a joint venture with Kate Steels-Fryatt, we planted an Irish flag at Mikkelvik, Norwegen
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