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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Photos courtesy of Elliot Karlan Photography, San Francisco, California. One year after cancelling the 2015 race for the non-elites due to unexpectedly strong currents, the excitement of the RCP Tiburon Mile returned to San Francisco Bay. The 1 nautical mile race has always had its share of close races, but the 2016 edition was a […]
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Upper photo courtesy of Jeff Kozlovich and Steve Haumschild, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. One of America’s most renowned and respected orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Tom Hackett has expended his adventurous spirit on dryland as an archaeologist, mountaineer, guide, and ski patrolman. After an all-nighter in the Pacific Ocean, Dr. Hackett made it successfully across the Molokai Channel
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Courtesy of Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. On September 10th, 58-year-old Dr. Mark Smitherman of Florida completed In Search of Memphre, the 25-mile border-crossing swim the length of Lake Memphremagog between Newport, Vermont in the United States and Magog, Quebec in Canada. Dr. Smitherman, nicknamed Magoo, left
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Courtesy of Dave Van Mouwerik, Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada. Dave Van Mouwerik of the Lake Tahoe Marathon Swim Federation [shown on left] is soliciting information on the myriad Lake Tahoe swimming crossings in history. “I composed a request with fairly specific information in the hopes that I will capture some Tahoe Swimmers. We want to develop
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Thomas Petersen is an active 70-year-old open water swimmer, coach and triathlete from Tampa, Florida. The extraordinarily energetic masters athlete has traveled all over his home state of Florida and as far away as San Francisco and the Cayman Islands to compete in his chosen sports. His speed remains
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Photo courtesy of Jeff Kozlovich and Steve Haumschild, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Dr. Tom Hackett knows sports very well. He has served as a team physician to the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Galaxy professional sports teams. He also serves as the head team
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Photos courtesy of Mark Serota, Florida. The Swim for Alligator Lighthouse is an 8-mile (9.2 miles or 14.8 km) open water swim in Islamorada in the Florida Keys, organized by Jonathan Strauss. The marathon swim is from Islamorada, Florida around the Alligator Lighthouse and back for solo swimmers, 2-person teams, and 4-person teams on September
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Courtesy of Vito Bialla, Night Train Swimmers along the Sacramento River in California. Vito Bialla of the Night Train Swimmers made the decision to pull Kimberley Chambers about halfway along her planned 93-mile (149.6 km) solo swim along the Sacramento River today after 24 hours. “It was the right thing to do,” he said. “She
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Juli Berwald, Ph.D. is a science writer who authored Spineless, a book about jellyfish, as well as textbooks and popular science articles for National Geographic Magazine, Oceanus, Redbook, and Wired.com. Dr. Berwald’s engaging and entertaining style is evident in her blog: Fried Eggs In Spain is a recent report
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