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Courtesy of WOWSA at the Big Chill Swim Winter Swimming Gala in Windermere, England. The sights and sounds, the swimmers and the safety, the equipment and the venue are dramatically different than other open water swims. Winter swimming and ice swimming are like no other niche in the open water swimming world. At first impression, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The smiles among the 1,000 winter swimming athletes the Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England this weekend were marvelous and genuine. People were friendly, professional, helpful and joyous throughout the weekend as the individual races were carefully orchestrated and meticulously planned. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of Boguslaw Ogrodnik of Wrocłah, Poland. Peak and Pond Club member Boguslaw Ogrodnik proposed a Polish version of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. “A few months ago during academic conferences, Professor Wiesner from the Wroclaw Academy of Physical Education and I published an article related to the whole Triple Crown project and
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Courtesy of Boguslaw Ogrodnik of Wrocłah, Poland. Boguslaw Ogrodnik is a Polish open water swimmer, lawyer and mountaineer from Wrocław who is a member of the Peak and Pond Club (Mount Everest + English Channel in 20 hours 33 minutes) and crossed the Strait of Gibraltar (5 hours 28 minutes) and the Gulf of Gdańsk.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today at the Low Wood Bay Resort Hotel & Marina, site of the Big Chillswim Winter Swimming Gala, the 2014 and 2015 WOWSA Award winners were honored by many of their peers and hosts Lewis Pugh and Colin Hill. Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González, Henri Kaarma, Bridgette Hobart Janeczko, Nataliya Fatyanova,
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Parents and coaches often ask how their young athletes can develop a passion and yearning for the open water. We think there is plenty of advice, but these 10 steps are a good start. 1. Develop a love for the coastline and shoreline. Allow the children to play at the lake, sea, beach, ocean, and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Donald Trump has established a presence, name and brand for himself that has transcended business, media, entertainment, and most recently, politics over the decades. One of the current front runners on the Republican presidential campaign, Trump has also long supported open water swimming including solo environmental swims by Skip
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On and around September 9th 1985, a slew of renowned open water swimmers finally got their chance to swim across the English Channel. The whole lot of them had been waiting for weeks for their chance to challenge the Channel. “The day was overcast, but the water was flat,”
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Issue: The World Open Water Swimming Association received the following inquiry based on the following article: The Issue Came Up: Disability, Injury, Assisted Or Wetsuit?. Background: An open water swimmer had an emergency discectomy inserting an artificial disc between his C5/C6 cervical spine based an rugby injury. After six
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jendamark Bellbuoy Challenge is organized by Michael Zoetmulder of Zports [shown on left]. The 5 km sea swim is called the most difficult open water race in the Indian Ocean. “This is one of the many epic open water swimming events in South Africa which last year enjoyed a
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