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Courtesy of NHK, Fukui Prefecture in Honshu, Japan. In a long-running tradition over 400 years, men in Fukui Prefecture’s Mihama-cho annually jump into the inlet of Wakasa Bay in mid-January in the midst of cold water and cold air (usually around 0°C) blowing in from the Sea of Japan. The men jump in the water […]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “The day came and went, 14 hours 27 minutes for my fourth Catalina swim,” said Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González who did an extraordinarily rare Catalina Channel crossing in the middle of the California winter. Argüelles made the crossing specifically as a tough training swim for his upcoming Oceans Seven challenges
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2017 Global Open Water Swimming Conference In Tunisia Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The first Global Iron Swim in Tunisia will be held with the 2017 Global Open Water Swimming Conference and the WOWSA Awards this September at the coastal Bizerte Resort Hotel in Tunisia. Majdouline Cherni, Minister of Youth and Sports of Tunisia,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Throughout the latter half of 20th century, the sport of open water swimming used to be referred to by many different terms: marathon swimming, long distance swimming, ultra long distance swimming, channel swimming, rough water swimming, ocean swimming, professional marathon swimming, or lake swimming. But open water swimming or
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Coming Back, Elaine Howley’s Remarkable Transformation Courtesy of WOWSA at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. “Her apprehension was palpable. Her lack of confidence was clearly verbalized before her swim during breakfast that morning,” recalls Steven Munatones, the second for Elaine Howley at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matías Ola organized another winter swimming event in his native Argentina. This time in early December called the Winter Swimming Ski Portillo Chile, a high-altitude swim of 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) in altitude in the Andes Mountains. For more information, visit www.swimargentina.org. For more photos, visit here. Copyright ©
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In April 2004 Kenya Lifesaving And Lifeguards Association (later changed to the Kenya Lifesaving Federation) was registered with the Government of Kenya. By 2006, the organization became a member of the International Lifesaving Federation, the world governing body for the lifesaving and water safety. The Kenyan representatives remain very
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Courtesy of Mediterranean Shipping Company Damla, anchored off of Sydney, Australia. A 37-year-old Japanese surfer was caught in a current off Bulli Beach, south of Sydney, Australia. 16 hours later, he was still hanging onto his surfboard according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The crew on a 300-meter container ship spotted him in the water
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