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Photo of the Rad Band photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Triathletes and open water swimmers often wear transponders and all types of timing devices on their wrists and ankles during competitions. But no athlete in open water swimming history will wear an ankle device for as long as adventurer Benoît Lecomte will. The […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Captain Abdullah Al Hasni observing and escorting, Jennifer Figge completed a day swim from Fahal Island (shark island) in Muscat, Oman. Fahal Island is a small island about two miles due north of Qurum in Oman. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Fast and Frozen, North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fast and Frozen is nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for its unprecedented 2-way North Channel crossing between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 29 hours 57 minutes, escorted by Pádraig Mallon’s Infinity Channel Swimming. Its members included Henri
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Blast In Barbados Bay Courtesy of Caribbean Aerial Photography of the Barbados Open Water Festival before the 1.5 km race in Carlisle Bay Barbados. Courtesy of Caribbean Aerial Photography of the Barbados Open Water Festival before the 5 km race in Carlisle Bay Barbados. Courtesy of Kristina Evelyn at the Barbados Open Water Festival with
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The Longest Swim To Tackle Every Kilometer Of The Pacific Close-up photo courtesy of Bongani Mlambo and Rad Band photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [see explanation below in video]. Benoît Lecomte surprised the open water swimming world when he announced that his escort boat will bring him back every morning at the exact
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kingdom Games and the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association announced its 2016 schedule in northern Vermont and the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Online registration is open at www.kingdomgames.co with one exception, the USMS National 10 Mile Championship registration, which will open later. March 5th – 6th – Memphremagog
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the last few weeks, she has been in New York, Dallas, Seattle, Los Angeles, La Jolla, Portland, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, Silicon Valley, Wilton, and several places in between. She has been covered by Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Christian Science Monitor, People Magazine,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cockatoo Island is a UNESCO world-heritage site and one of the prison island swims as defined by Ned Denison and Jacques Tuset. The first known swim from the mainland to Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour was completed by Mary Bugg in 1863. Bugg, a devoted wife to her husband
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Courtesy of ChillSwim, Windermere, England.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Journalist Tom Morgenstern and graphic designer Pau Taverna are having a serious amount of fun out of their offices in Barcelona, Spain. Their new publication, Open Swim Magazine or Revista Open Swim in its native Spanish language, has all kinds of information on the sport of open water swimming
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