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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Phil White and Ned Denison are relentlessly restless. The tireless duo continue to celebrate, organize, encourage and promote open water swimmers and their sport from winter swimming to marathon swimming. Most recently, the stately former attorney with an eye for photography and […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and Swim Ireland. Ever since Mercedes Gleitze attempted seven times to swim between Northern Ireland and Scotland in the late 1920s, the North Channel has been considered to present the world’s most difficult, challenging and cruelest channel crossing. For subsequent generations of
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Courtesy of 7th UK Cold Water Swimming Championships, Tooting Bec Lido, London. On January 28th, Tooting Bec Lido will host the 7th 7th UK Cold Water Swimming Championships in London. It is the UK’s biggest Cold Water Championships to date. The water temperature is expected to be 1ºC, but no wetsuits are permitted. “Just get
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Courtesy of Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and Swim Ireland. For generations, the most difficult, challenging and cruelest channel crossing in the world has generally been considered to be the North Channel, 21 miles between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The North Channel is very cold for even the most hardened swimmers. It is painful due
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Courtesy of WOWSA at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Germany. Even at its absolutely very coldest on the bleakest of winter days, the water temperature in Santa Fe, Argentina rarely gets to 16°C (61°F). And most of the time, the water is much, much warmer. It is the site of a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photo before the start of the ice kilometer at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. Imagine combining two of the loves of your life…one on dryland and one in the open water. Imagine swimming for a living; imagine traveling and working; imagine thinking about
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Ventre, a 39-year-old IT engineer, will attempt a 6,115 km (3,800-mile) river-to-river stage swim from New York to London in April 2017 in order to raise millions for Oxfam. The unprecedented swim from his start in the Hudson River in New York to the Thames in central London
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Courtesy of Derrick Frazer, Big Bay Events, South Africa. For more information, visit www.bigbayevents.co.za
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