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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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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Theodore Yach completed his 97th Robben Island crossing together with Martin Goodman who completed his 25th crossing under the escort of pilot Derrick Frazer. “It was a wake-up call this morning,” Yach explains. “We chose to swim Three Anchor Bay to Robben Island; [it was a] terrible mistake. 4
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. SwimTrek is a provider of guaranteed entry to the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim, one of the nominees for the 2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year. The Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim (Samsung Boğaziçi Kıtalararası Yüzme Yarışı) is always in high demand and is not easy to receive
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Francesco Cavaliere is an Italian physical education teacher, open water swimming coach, and lifeguard from Rome. He founded ASD Swimtrekking 20 years ago. ASD Swimtrekking is a swimtrekking company that guides people of all ages and abilities along rouged coastlines as they discover hidden beaches and bays. Cavaliere also
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kimberley Chambers was nominated in New Zealand for the Halberg Awards as its Sportswoman of the Year. For more information, visit here. The 53rd Halberg Awards is New Zealand’s pre-eminent event to recognize, honor and celebrate sporting excellence and raise funds for the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation. The Awards
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Spanish-language translation of Calculating Risk In The Open Water is courtesy of Open Swim. Condiciones extremas, agua fría, tiburones, medusas, corrientes, largas distancias, altitud y otras consideraciones logísticas son los principales obstáculos y riesgos a los que nos podemos enfrentar los nadadores de aguas abiertas…continue reading here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming
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Upper four photos courtesy of Daleen Erasmus and lower photo of Casper Strydom courtesy of iSport from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Wet and chilly conditions did little to deter open water swimmers from all over South Africa who descended upon Jeffreys Bay for the annual Marina Mile this past Sunday. While the weather on land
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ion Lazarenco Tiron is the first Moldavian to do many things in the open water. Taking and giving inspiration from his Irish open water colleagues and training partners, Lazarenco has done 3 Oceans Seven channels and completed an unprecedented 235 km 8-day stage swim, called the Swimming Marathon Nistru
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