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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Karteek Clarke of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team from Edinburgh, Scotland is a crossover marathoner and a devoted vegetarian: running, walking and swimming his way to 11 English Channel crossing and several marathon runs and ultra-marathon runs and walks while shooing away from the awards. He completed his 11th […]
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Courtesy of Viral Hog captures the ultimate escort boat on video. When open water swimmers, stage swimmers, relays, channel swimmers and marathon swimmers do their adventures in the open water, they almost always use escort boats. Guided by GPS, a knowledgeable pilot and a supportive crew, the escort boat is the guide to and lifeline
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In Southern California among its surfing population, a number of surfers and open water swimmers have surfer’s ear. Surfer’s ear is the common name for abnormal bone growth within the ear canal. See here. Most open water swimmers avoid getting surfer’s ear, but not without protection. Sally Minty-Gravett of
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My Trident Is A Permanent Good Luck Charm Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Patty Hermann has traveled north and south, east and west to compete in some of the longest and toughest open water swims in America. Hermann has done the 10-mile Swim The Suck, he 36-mile END WET, 42 miles of the S.C.A.R.
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Living Well Around The Open Water
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Photo of Laso Schaller courtesy of Lukas Pilz / Red Bull Courtesy from Men’s Journal. Men’s Journal recently reported on the record jump by Brazilian Laso Schaller who jumped from a platform above the Cascata del Salto waterfall near the Swiss-Italian border from 193 feet (58.8 meters). “He smacked the water 3.58 seconds later while
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Navel swivel is kicking in the water by kicking butterfly on one’s back either with or without fins. The navel swivel works well to develop your core and can be done with arms extended above your head or down by your side. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the water temperature dropping quickly, many open water swimmers are heading back to the warmer, more hospitable confines of their local swimming pools. Besides the hard-core extreme swimmers who swim in the oceans, seas or lakes year-round, many open water swimmers gear up for their annual distance swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mighty Mac Swim started as a charity swim in Michigan, but it quickly became one of the world’s greatest charitable events in open water swimming history. But Event Director Jim Dreyer has even bigger goals. He announced that the annual Labor Day swim will now become an official race
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A grid race is where the athletes line up on shore, but are staggered at the start. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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