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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Green started his aquatic journey at the age of 6 and is still going strong in the water and on the pool deck six decades later. As a top competitive swimmer in Southern California representing Lakewood Aquatics under coach Jim Montrella, he later transitioned to a collegiate swimming […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Trevor Smith was one of the founding fathers of the British Long Distance Swimming Association*, serving as its Honorary Treasurer for over 25 years until 1981 and as its president during the 1971 season. He was instrumental in establishing the Lake Windermere International competition every four years as the
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Courtesy of Phil White, Kingdom Games, Vermont. When you organize dozens of events, you have the opportunity to meet hundreds of inspirational individuals of all ages and abilities. That is the position that Phil White finds himself year after year as the Director of the Kingdom Games and the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association.
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Courtesy of Ranie Pearce in Vladivostok, Russia. Matryoshka dolls (матрёшка also known as a Russian doll) is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another that usually follow a theme. Finland’s Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen and Latvia’s Aleksandr Jakovlevs were honored with the International Winter Swimming Association theme at the latest IWSA competition
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yasunari Hirai finished within 5 seconds of the gold medalist in the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ferry Weertman won gold in 1:52:59.8 versus Hirai who was closing very fast in 1:53:04.6. The two-time Japanese marathon swimmer is very comfortable in
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Swim Camp Catalina 2016 video courtesy of Al Jaurique. Content courtesy of Scott Zornig on Santa Catalina Island, California. Swim Camp Catalina was envisioned and co-founded by Scott Zornig and Jamie Patrick and is co-hosted with Lynn Kubasek. Its third edition was recently held on November 10th-13th with an unexpected guest star and special gift.
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Evan Feldman and Hylton Lockitch on South Africa’s Madswimmer were interviewed on Expresso Show about their Dead Sea Swim, 17.5 km between Jordan and Israel across the Dead Sea in a group tandem swim. Open water swimmers can face inherent risks while completing a swim that can range include marine life from sharks and jellyfish
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Photo of Calum and Jack Hudson, courtesy of James Silson. Photo of Calum Hudson, courtesy of Beth Harrison. Photo of Robbie Hudson in the Saltstraumen, courtesy of Erlend Bodo Nu. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Into the Maelstrom was an tandem swim by Jack Hudson, Calum Hudson and Robbie Hudson across the two most
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