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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Petar Stoychev is the epitome of how truly flexible and amazingly adaptable open water swimmers are. Not only did Stoychev win the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China in incredibly warm and miserably humid conditions (over 31°C or 88°F+), but he is also one of today’s pre-race favorites […]
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Courtesy of Rob Butcher, Swim Across America. Swim Across America has always been the leader of fundraising innovation in the open water swimming community. 2016 was no different as its scope and touch in the swimming and charitable giving communities continues to grow, a precursor to what will come in 2017. Swim Across America announced
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Ice Swimming Association held its inaugural officials course in Burghausen, Germany ahead of its Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere Championships. “Well done to our first class of International Ice Swimming Association certified officials,” said founder Ram Barkai. “We had great attendance and it was a very important step
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Courtesy of Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships, Burghausen along the German-Austrian border. How times have changed. German marathon swimmer Christof Wandratsch was known at his competitive peak to be one of the world’s best marathon swimmers. But frankly, his reputation in very cold waters was less than it was in warmer waters. Although Wandratsch
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Courtesy of Wallace J. Nichols, Blue Mind Summit 7, Wisconsin. Wallace J. Nichols and his colleagues are discovering facts and phenomena about mankind’s relationship with the water that open water swimmers know intuitively. As Dr. Nichols explains, “The human body undergoes remarkable changes every time you go underwater. The heart rate slows and the cardiovascular
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Courtesy of Michael Ventre, New York to London Swim. Michael Ventre thinks big. Real big. As in, swimming from New York to London on a 3,800-mile (6,115 km) transoceanic stage swim. As in, raising £5,000,000 in aid of Oxfam. As in, raising $220,000 to secure his escort boat and cover the operational costs. Ventre plans
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Courtesy of END-WET, Red River, North Dakota. What do Darren Miller, Jen Schumacher, Annaleise Carr, Sarah Thomas, and Jeff Utsch have in common? They have been the guest swimmers of the END-WET 36-mile (57.9 km) marathon swim down the Red River between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Oslo, Minnesota in the United States. END-WET is
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) Induction Ceremony will take place on April 22nd 2017. The stunning venue will be The Chapel, part of the Beaumont Estate in Old Windsor, England. It is close to Heathrow Airport. “For decades, the ceremony was a
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Courtesy of Brenton Williams, Marina Mile Swimming Festival, South Africa. 14-year-old Henre Louw from Pretoria was untouchable at the 2016 Marina Mile Swimming Festival at Marina Martinique near Jeffreys Bay in South Africa. He had previously won the shorter events at the Marina Mile, but the young phenom is now coming into his own in
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Courtesy of The Longest Swim by Ben Lecomte between Tokyo and San Francisco. Ben Lecomte will attempt a solo stage swim between Tokyo, Japan and San Francisco, California. He expects to start his transoceanic swim sometime in April 2017 and take at least 6 months of daily swims to work his way across the Pacific
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