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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Alex Gray, Oceana, California. Imagine swimming comfortably in the ocean and then getting unexpectedly trapped in an unseen fishing net. That is happening with marine mammals along the California coast, from dolphins to sea turtles. Alex Gray and his colleagues at Oceana explained, “Mile-long walls of death are killing sea turtles. Right after […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Karteek Alan Clarke is a Scottish member of the Edinburgh Sri Chinmoy Athletic Club and an accomplished runner, having completed numerous marathons and ultramarathon runs and walks. But he has also taken his marathon mindset to the water: He has completed 11 English Channel solo crossings, pioneered three first
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Courtesy of Dayanand Kukkaje, Daijiworld Media Network, India. Earlier this month, The Sea Hawk smashed the six-person distance relay team record with an eye-opening 1,031 km swim (640 miles) from Mumbai to Mangaluru in India. The relay started at the Gateway of India on November 16th and completed their swim on December 8th, a 22-day
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance is an adage that is known all too well by open water swimmers. Attempting a transoceanic stage swim – to a far greater degree than any channel swim or marathon swim in a lake – requires the ultimate in proper and comprehensive planning of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Members of the open water swimming community do all sorts of interesting things in this holiday season: America coach Dave Thomas of USA Swimming [shown on left] volunteers as a jolly Santa Claus in Colorado Springs. Marathon swimmer Barbara Held works as a cast member at Disneyland, keeping the
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Courtesy of Fernando Betanzos Tenorio, Maratón Acuático Ruta del Arrecife, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, México. Fernando Betanzos, race director of Mexico’s Maratón Acuático Ruta del Arrecife, announced the details of the February 25th 2017 race that starts at the Puerto Morelos Main Pier. Age divisions for the 1.25 km, 2.5 km, 5 km races are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2017 Desafío Nonthue (or the Nonthue Challenge) are two beautiful open water swims held on January 28th 2017 in the clear waters of Lake Lacar in San Martín de los Andes in the Argentine Patagonia. For more information on the 7th annual 1.6 km and 4 km races,
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Courtesy of Marcelo Micocci, Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda. Local swimmers completed their qualification swims with the goal of participating in the 43rd edition of the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda in Argentina. Matías Diaz Hernandez finished first in the Selectivo 2017 followed by Nicolás Segurado, Matías Aguirre and Daira Marín
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Courtesy of Jessi Harewicz, Inner Voice, California. The world is covered by more ocean than land and there is an uncharted playground of water in British Columbia. So why not try something that is done less? You might discover more… Read on about Jessi Harewicz‘s experiences and explorations in the Inner Voice here.
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