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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Few people have positively impacted and influenced the world of open water swimming over a course of the last few decades like Richard Broer. The Dutch open water swimmer, promoter, event organizer, administrator and coach has literally touched each aspect of the sport, from charity relay swims to the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Samoa Events’ International Female Athlete of the Year award was given to the inaugural Apolima Strait winner 28-year-old Abby Armstrong of New Zealand. Seti Afoa, the visionary behind Samoa Events saw increased competition and significant uptick in international competitors this year in all the ocean swims held in Samoa.
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Courtesy of International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Ishak Helmy and Gertrude Ederle are shown above 90 years ago. Helmy was an Egyptian open water swimmer who was the ninth person to successfully cross the English Channel when he swam from France to England in 23 hours 40 minutes in 1928. He also helped rescue
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Use of a shark cage by swimmers attempting to swim from Cuba to Florida.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lewis Pugh worked hard as a swimmer to prepare for his Five Swims in Antarctica for 1 Reason event. But he worked even hard and had to be much more relentless in order to achieve his Speedo diplomacy goals in creating a new Marine Protected Area in the Ross
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There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world – and a whole lot of other swimmers from every generation and every walk of life – with great nicknames – that give a hint of the essence of these individuals. Swimmers like 2-time Japanese Olympian Yasunari
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This powerful photograph looks like the earth behind the beach-goers on this Greek coastline is rising up like a massive tsunami wave ready to swallow up the people below. The photograph is available at a new website opened by photographer and Dolphin Club swimmer Kate Webber of San Francisco.
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Why dolphins are losing sleep off the coast of Hawaii is courtesy of Science Magazine. Science Magazine presents an interesting perspective of how sound pollution is negatively impacting the lives of spinner dolphins in Hawaii. The article (here) states, “Surveys suggest the Kona coast population of spinner dolphins has declined from 2,300 in the 1990s
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Showcasing Ram Barkai and other swimmers and volunteer staff of the International Ice Swimming Association.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ferry Weertman swam the most dramatic, most exciting, most impressive race of his life in winning the 10 km marathon swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. His out-touching of Greek silver medalist Spyridon Gianniotis represented the closest race during his short, but storied, career. Weertman can expect another
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