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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ross Bogue is an American open water swimmer from Danvers, Illinois who specializes in butterfly. What is interesting is that he has done the same swim – the Big Shoulders 5 km in Lake Michigan right off the shoreline of Chicago – both butterfly and freestyle: *2006 freestyle in […]
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Courtesy of Lucky Meisenheimer, Lake Cane, Orlando, Florida. Lucky Meisenheimer remembered that one of the regular Lake Cane swimmers, Ian Supra, lost his battle with esophageal cancer last month. “[The 20-year-old] Ian was a swimming and water polo star at Dr. Phillips High School and a Lucky’s Lake swimmer. He was one of those rare
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Courtesy of Oceans Swims of Australia. Glistening Dave is David Helsham (@glistenrr), an ocean swimmer, creative graphic designer, and accomplished photographer from Australia. The photos of Glistening Dave’s Calender range from Australia and New Zealand to Tonga and Vanuatu – capturing the beauty and comprehensive spectrum of the sport. To purchase your Glistening Dave’s Calendar
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pet owners know how best to communicate with their pets. After years of swimming in the ocean and various encounters, many open water swimmers also develop the knack of how to interact with marine life…especially dolphins. When we see dolphins swim under us and around us, whether it is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This weekend will see the 12th edition of New Zealand’s Harbour Crossing ocean swim. The beautiful 2.9 km swim from Bayswater to the Viaduct Harbour is the only day of the year when maritime traffic waits for over 1,500 swimmers to do their thing. Two of the swimmers are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Hooper plans to swim 16-20 miles per day, every day, for 90-120 days without ever touching dryland. It will be an adventure for sure, writes the Telegraph here. “This winter, a former policeman from Cheltenham will wade into warm waters off Africa and strike out for South America.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Tribord Snorkeling Surface Mask Easybreath® is a snorkeling mask for surface snorkeling that enables user to see and breathe underwater similar to dryland (see here). Ori Sela and his team are also using the Easybreath® to train for and attempt the 18 km Dead Sea Swim in the
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Courtesy of mf foto on Shutterstock.com, Glacier Bay, Alaska. It will not be before long before there are open water swimming adventures and swims in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska’s Inside Passage. Part of one of the world’s largest international protected areas, Glacier Bay offers a backdrop of rugged mountains, dynamic glaciers, wild coastlines
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Courtesy of Doug Meet in Big Sur, California. The scale of swimming along the Big Sur coastline in central California can be as majestic as it is difficult. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world has innumerable difficult open water swimming competitions. But that is part of the challenge and allure. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. Everyone has a weakness when it comes to open water swimming. Weakness
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