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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With virtual reality expanding into our lives in myriad ways with equipment from mobile phones to Oculus Rift, our lives are being transformed to experience deeper and more powerful sensations through our minds, eyes, ears and tactic feel. Music and storytelling are also being infused into the high-tech virtual […]
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Blue Mind trailer from Between Two Harbors by Richard Yelland from Wallace J. Nichols on Vimeo. Go Deeper: The Seven Ages of Water is the second book of a trilogy by Dr. Wallace J. Nichols and will follow his best-selling Blue Mind. “Our aim is to surpass the global audience of over 100 million water
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Embed from Getty Images Bill Goll’s Rare Double Avoe, Below And In The Water Photo courtesy of Getty Images shows William ‘Bill’ Goll after finishing second to Marvin Nelson in the Canadian National Exhibition. Nelson won US$5,000 for first and Goll won US$1,500 for second in the 15-mile world championship on September 1st 1934. Bill
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame is attempting to confirm the whereabouts of all its living honourees. However, four individuals have not been heard from in quite some time. If any open water swimmer knows about where the following individuals may be or how they may be contacted,
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Photo of Seti Afoa courtesy of the Samoa Observer. For three millennia, the people of Samoa have been taking to their surrounding waters. And now in contemporary times, Seti Afoa is taking that cultural heritage and expanding it in a contemporary, competitive environment. Afoa has a grand vision to make Samoa a South Pacific nation
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Courtesy of Eric Helmick, River Murray, Australia. At the 184 kilometer mark along their stage swim in the Murray River in Australia, Americans Eric Helmick and his 25-year-old son Hunter Helmick are a bit behind planned schedule. “But we are excited and feeling like super heroes as we tackle the Hume Weir which spans almost
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Courtesy of Ken Thorley, The Five, Hong Kong. The Five, a 5 km race in Hong Kong from Stanley Pier to Repulse Bay organized by Ian Polson, was held yesterday with 48 entrants. “A tremendous battle was played out between the lead group of 8 swimmers,” reports Ken Thorley. “They kept together as a pack
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine continues to dream, plan, organize, attempt and complete one unprecedented swim after another in his native Philippines. Today, he completed a 17.1 km Canigao Channel in 6 hours 37 minutes from Brgy. Tugas, Carlos P. Garcia in the Province of Bohol to Maasin City, Southern Leyte.
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