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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Safety is always an important issue for open water race directors, safety personnel, crew members, lifeguards, kayakers and pilots during swims, races or crossings. In the marine environment, however unlikely it may seem, anything can happen to anyone at anytime anywhere. Risks can range from shark attacks and severe […]
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Courtesy of Ori Sela of WEST Swimming Technique, Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel. As Lewis Pugh recently demonstrated in the Ross Sea, as Bruckner Chase showed in American Samoa a few years ago, and as Ingemar Patiño Macarine promotes during all his inter-island crossings in his native Philippines, Oded Rahav said in his speech
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Courtesy of USA Swimming, Fort Myers, Florida.
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Restube courtesy of Kickstarter. Watch Restube‘s Kickstarter campaign here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Video courtesy of Bill Lauritzen from Hinsdale, Illinois. Legendary coach Don Watson, author of The Hinsdale Swimming Program, has touched many lives including a vast number of student-athletes from Hinsdale Central High School in the state of Illinois. Many of his swimmers have been subsequently been inducted into various Halls of Fame. The list is
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Courtesy of Ben Hooper, Swim The Big Blue, Atlantic Ocean. After 3 days and 8 hours, Ben Hooper has swum a total of 37 miles in 28C. Today, he has swum about 6 miles in 5 hours 29 minutes. Follow Swim The Big Blue here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Photo courtesy of Myla Jalauig Frewen, Burj al-Arab Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Natalya Pankina (Russian: Наталия Панкина) was an elite open water swimmer from Russia. She not only swam a quick crossing of the English Channel in 2007 in 8 hours 11 minutes, but she also finished 5th in the 25 km marathon swim
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Photos courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg, Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel. It is not often that a swimmer completes two historic, unprecedented swims that require international diplomacy within one calendar year. But Jackie Cobell is just not any swimmer. She is unique. She is at the top of her game. She has a personality and
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Courtesy of This Is Your Life with Des Renford, Kevin Murphy and many other legends from the English Channel swimming community.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Anthony McCarley is a successful entrepeneur who shares his passion, expertise and experience in the open water with everyone and anyone who shares his interests. His road to success has taken him from his hometown of Berwyn in Pennsylvania to innumerable places from Asia to to Europe. His latest
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