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Courtesy of adidas and SS17 Parley. Adidas latest swimwear line is made from recycled ocean plastics and fishing nets. Tim Janaway, General Manager of adidas Heartbeat Sports, explains, “Created with the ethos ‘from the oceans, for the oceans’, the Parley swim collection represents our dedication to consistently deliver swim products that protect that waters in […]
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Courtesy of Paso a Nado de los ríos Orinoco y Caroní, Malecón de San Félix, Venezuela. The Paso a Nado de los ríos Orinoco y Caroní (Orinoco River Swim) is a popular 3.1 km ocean swim in Bolívar, Venezuela. It is a cross-river swim with nearly 800 participants between the rivers Orinoco and Caroní in
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Photos courtesy of Beautiful News, from Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa. Congolese swimmer Arafat Gatabazi walked over 3,400 km (2,112 miles) through five countries from his native Democratic Republic of Congo to Cape Town, South Africa. When he arrived he was homeless and unable to swim. He learned how to swim and
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Courtesy of Winston Crooke, Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim Race. Winston Crooke, event organizer of the Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim Race, explains the origin of the name Nevis. “The island was named Oualie (“Land of Beautiful Waters“) by the Carib Indians and Dulcina (“Sweet Island“) by the early British settlers.
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Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide. 23-year-old Eric Hedlin of Canada flew a long way to win two races at the 2017 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships on Brighton Beach in Adelaide. He first won the 10 km race by nearly 3 minutes over Australian Olympian Jarrod Poort on the first day. Then on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympian Alex Meyer will lead two separate POW (Pool Open Water) events on the West and East coasts of the United States. He will start off his national POW tour in New Jersey with the New Jersey Local Masters Swimming Committee on April 2nd with the Berkeley Aquatic Club
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guillermo Bértola will participate for the sixth time in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda in his native Argentina. The Cordovan has left his mark since his debut in river waters in 2009 – and still trains hard. “My main objective for this year is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Few people in the history of the world have swum as far and in as varied conditions as has Claudio Plit. Not only was his professional marathon swimming career one of the most prolific, most global and long-lasting in history, but for every hour he spent competing for prize
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. February 18th will see many swimmers come to the shores of Coney Island for the 2017 U.S. Winter Swimming Champs. Cristian Vergara, U.S. Winter Swimming Association President, explains, “There is a group of cold water enthusiasts who swim year-round in New York’s waters even during snowstorms and record-breaking cold
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Courtesy of Martin Strel, Mediterranean Sea. Strel Swimming Adventure Holidays is planning swimming holidays in Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Turkey, Slovenia and Arizona (USA). “Our season starts in mid-May and finishes at the end of October. We are also introducing two new trips this year in Croatia and Greece.” Swim the Elaphiti Islands in Dubrovnik, Croatia
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