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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Brian Suddeth, an open water butterflyer. Butterfly can be brutal, especially in the open water. Butterfly takes a lot more strength, from the shoulders to the abs, than freestyle. Butterfly takes a lot of power and energy to do in the open water, especially when lifting your head and shoulders out of the […]
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Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers‘ The Big Swim on Mt Tres Cruces in Argentina. This is it. It has been a long journey from South Africa to the Mt Tres Cruces in Argentina. But the high-altitude swimmers Jean Craven, Milton Brest, Evan Feldman, Chris Marthinusen, Herman van der Westhuizen, Robert Graaff, and Juandre
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bárbara Hernández helped Cristian Vergara, Matías Ola, Julietta Nunaz Gundlach, and Max Sonna expand the Argentinean winter swimming scene. Starting out in her wetsuit in the open water, Hernández has now ventured out of her neoprene and ventured out in the cold glacial water with only her bioprene in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chris Ring has gone through 6 wetsuits on his 6-month stage swim down the Mississippi River through the heartland of America. His 2,350-mile (3782 km) charity swim started on June 6th and has taken him 6-8 hours per day covering 14-20 miles 6 days per week. His motivation is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company, the largest in Latin America and a powerhouse in the global Spanish-speaking world. The major international entertainment business recently broadcast a special program on Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González here [and above] describing his quest of the Oceans Seven and his nomination as
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alejandro Larriera is an Argentinian researcher developing conservation programs in Argentina for the broad-snouted caimán. But the researcher also has a pedigree in open water swimming. His father was a famed professional marathon swimmer, Carlos Larriera, an Honour Swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of
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Photos courtesy of Nuala Moore. Henri Kaarma of Estonia will be honored on Friday, February 5th 2016 at a Gala Awards Dinner at the Low Wood Bay Resort Hotel in Windermere, England as the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year. Lewis Pugh will present the WOWSA Award to his Estonian ice swimmer
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Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg about the Madswimmers‘ The Big Swim on Mt Ojos del Salado in Argentina. With time running out, high-altitude swimmers Jean Craven (Madswimmers founder), Milton Brest, Evan Feldman, Chris Marthinusen, Herman van der Westhuizen, Robert Graaff, and Juandre Human will attempt to complete a high-altitude swim at 5,909 meters on Ojos del
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The opinions about the water quality for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Copacabana Beach are quite negative in the American media. Mel Stewart, a 3-time American swimming medalist and aquatic media mogul, recently told the Associated Press that if his daughter were a contender in the Olympic 10K
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Eli Ball swam 9 km in 3 hours 39 minutes at the Sri Chinmoy National Capital. He went point-to-point in Lake Burley Griffin, an artificial lake in Canberra, the capital of Australia. The top 10 results: 1. Benjamin Freeman (Solo Male Under 50) 1:54:10 2. Emma Gillingham (Solo Female
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