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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aissa Chtourou (Regional Commissary of Education – Sfax), Ahmed Belghith (Director of Ibn Rachik High School), and his staff Yassine Kharrat recently welcomed Nejib Belheldi at the Ibn Rachik High School in Sfax, Tunisia. Belhedi explains the background of the photo above. “The Ouma students were enjoyed about my […]
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Hands Down, It Was A Long Swim By Yuko Matsuzaki Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Cane, Orlando, Florida. Yuko Matsuzaki,, the only Japanese swimmer inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, completed an 83 km (51.5 miles) solo swim in Lake Cane in Orlando, Florida on September 13th 2008. Matsuzaki, a world champion fin
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Courtesy of Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González, Cook Strait, en route to the Oceans Seven.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 19th annual 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim was stopped mid-way by high winds. “With winds that gradually increased, the conditions led to a change of the cross-bay swim to a safer triangular contingency course. But after battling for almost three and a half hours on an alternate, sheltered
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison is headlining a field of 30 international swimmers at the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim that will be held on February 18th. The charity swim for soloists and 2-person relays on Hong Kong Island from Stanley Main Beach to Deep Water Bay Beach will include
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean swimming…stand up paddling…outrigger canoeing…surf skiing…paddleboarding…ocean triathloning…free diving. Those are some of the many ocean-going activities of Brazilian-bred athletes like João Castro. What started out as Castro’s passion for outrigger canoeing on a local level has turned into a massive nationwide gathering of watermen and waterwomen doing all kinds
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Revista Open Swim was the first Spanish-language online open water swimming-centric publication. But the magazine is going old school … as in back to paper like magazines of the 20th century. Founder and publisher Tom Morgenstern explains, “Since our goal is to reach more and more swimmers who are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Is there a doctor available?” is a question that is occasionally heard when life-threatening emergencies occur in sports or injuries occur during activities. Now shift the playing field from dryland to the open water. The question, “Is a doctor available?” now becomes even more critical. Few training swims and
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Courtesy of Sinead Merrigan, Irish Long Distance Swimming Association. Sinead Merrigan reported on the recent Irish Long Distance Swimming Association ceremony. “The awards were a fantastic success with old faces and new gathering together. It was also a good night out and about the beautiful city of Belfast. It was great to have the support
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sam Plum, Jason Betley, Helen Gibbs, Helen Liddle, and Debbie Taylor set off on an unprecedented swim on July 3rd and 4th 2015. The 5-person 40-mile (64 km) Three Lakes Challenge (or Loch, Lake, Llyn) involved swimming the length of Loch Awe in Scotland (25 miles/40 km), then driving
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