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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Primal Endurance and Breakthrough Triathlon Training author Brad Kearns was interviewed by Kevin Koskella for 50 minutes by on the Global Swimming Summit that is produced by Chris Ritter of Ritter Sports Performance. He spoke about the nuances of swimming from the perspective of triathletes and masters swimmers that […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kevin Koskella interviewed Alex Kostich on the Global Swimming Summit. “I am just getting started and I am 46 years old and hope to have another 46 years left in me. I found a new lease on life when I found open water swimming and received a renewed spirit
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After squeezing in her record-setting eighth crossing of the season in English Channel in 10 hours 29 minutes, Reg Brickell Jr. hustled Chloë McCardel back from France to England with her husband Paul McQueeney. They soon whisked off to the airport in order to catch their next flight to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the 2016 British Swimming Coaches Association Conference last weekend, the Youth Coach of the Year award was presented to former professional marathon swimmer Alan Bircher. Bircher, who is currently coaching at Ellesmere College and a FINIS Coach Ambassador, is shown with his wife Stefanie Bircher née Biller and
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Illustration by Petra Zeiler for Outside Magazine. Dan Roe penned an interesting article in Outside Magazine called Ranking the World’s Toughest Outdoor Sports. The article focused on a comparison of rock climbing, downhill mountain biking, Nordic skiing, ultra-running and open water swimming. In order to complete the rankings of the world’s toughest outdoor sports, including
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sam Mould, a Frequent Flyer and illustrator, creates bespoke art from his personal experience. The butterflyer loves to wander through landscapes, explore lakes and rivers, climb peaks, and cycle paths, all leading to creating beautiful images to share here. The Frequent Flyers are a 6-person mixed relay team from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Ben Messaoud Belhedi is known for his channel swims, ice swims, swims along the entire coast of Tunisia. But few people know that he underwent open heart surgery and had a heart bypass done successfully in 2005 at the Military Hospital in his native Tunisia. He was awarded
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cokie Lepinski, Head Coach of the Swymnut Masters, and the San Mateo Athletic Club is hosting a sold-out 3-day U.S. Masters Swimming National Coaching Clinic on November 11th-13th in San Mateo, California. There appears to be a demand for the National Coaches Clinic where a combination of classroom and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi keeps increasing his weight…pulled. On October 23rd, he pulled three boats, weighing a collective 100 tons, 550 meters in 32 minutes 30 minutes through the Bizerta Channel as part of his World Iron Swim Series in Tunisia. This attempt broke his previous World Iron Swim record where
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