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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers and beach goers around the world use all kinds of terms about their local waters, sometimes tranquil, sometimes turbulent. A colorful phrase used in Bermuda, as told by Sean O’Connell, is ‘sucked under the boilers‘. Its background is the following: “Bermuda is surrounded by reefs which, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alessandro Pilati of Nuoto in Acque Libere (NAL) announced a new open water swimming circuit, the Gran Fondo Italia (Circuito Gran Fondo Italia) that includes five marathon races throughout Italy. “The races touch 5 regions from the south to the north of Italy with distances ranging from 15 to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, the American female swimmers were looking for a nearby location to get their nails done. “It is important that you find a nail salon to enable them to get a manicure and pedicure,” explained one of the team
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we watched open water swimmers Megan Rankin and Lexie Kelly practice in an Endless Pool, we observed how flat they swam with their heads aligned with their backbone and their hips riding in the water, whether they were swimming fast, swimming at pace, or swimming backstroke while feeding.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Endless Pools are extremely useful, compact, free-standing pools with swim current generators that enable swimming in place. The pools can be used year-round and in locations (e.g., homes and training centers) where a normal size swimming pools may not be practical. The Endless Pools come in variable sizes
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Photo courtesy of Catherine Opie. Diana Nyad was the featured speaker tonight at the Boston Speaker Series at the Boston Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Hundreds of people from all walks of life heard her relive her preparations and tribulations of swimming from Cuba to Florida. When asked her motivation, she replied, “Because I’d like
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Courtesy of Darren Miller, U.S. Winter Swimming Association Championships in New York City. What strikes us about ice swimming and winter swimming is how often and how widely these cold water swimmers smile after their competitions. Competitive FINA swimmers, stage swimmers, marathon swimmers, channel swimmers, ocean swimmers and other in the open water show their
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bruckner Chase will give his annual presentation to an overflowing crowd of runners, triathletes and adventure athletes at the Endurance Sports Expo at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center this weekend. Chase will speak on Balance – Power – Peace or lessons from the ocean to improve performance in the
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Courtesy of Bruce Wigo, Swimming World Magazine. Bruce Wigo was interviewed by Brent Rutemiller of Swimming World Magazine about the past, present and future of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Listen here to the CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame who is one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the various aquatic
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2.2-mile Liberty To Freedom Swim from Statue of Liberty to the Freedom Tower in downtown Manhattan Island in New York will be held on September 3rd. “This swim is dedicated to celebrating the freedom of the American people, and to the memory of those that died and served
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