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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alan Morrison will attempt a two-way 24-mile crossing from the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island as a charity swim. On September 27th, the 53-year-old Manhattan resident, attorney and breaststroking marathon swimmer will attempt the solo swim from the Brooklyn Bridge to Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island and then back […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vedika Bolliger looked absolutely radiant after she completed her 42 hour 45 minute crossing of Lake Geneva in 1999.* From Villeneuve to Geneva, the distance was 75 km reported Vasanti Niemz. In addition to her historic crossing, Bolliger also made 5 crossings of the English Channel including swims of
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Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Ocean City Swim Club, New Jersey. “…I have to listen for the rhythm of the water and let that natural pattern adjust the tempo and form of each stroke…so explains Bruckner Chase. Read more here. © 2015 Daily News of Open Water Swimming “to educate, enthuse, and entertain all those who
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Emma Harvey won the 2015 Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association 5 km Open Water Swimming Championships. Her time of 1:10:53 was first overall with Erik Soria finishing second in 1:10:54. Jesse Washington and Ashley Irby took the 1.5 km titles after Washington crossed the line in a time of 20:44.2,
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Photos courtesy of Phil White. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yesterday, 55-year-old Bill Shipp completed his Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a Catalina Channel crossing of 11 hours 47 minutes. The prostate cancer survivor and attorney from Maryland faced windy conditions and a challenging 11:09 pm start. “But the sea laid
Mányoki Manhandles Molokai Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Attila Mányoki has been recently tearing through the Oceans Seven channels at a fast rate. Last year, then then 31-year-old completed the third fastest crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in history with a 7 hour 29 minute swim. Today, the former professional marathon swimmer from Hungary
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Center for Marine and Environmental Radiation recently launched the new website of The Longest Swim that showcases Benoît Lecomte‘s scheduled solo stage swim across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, California that may start soon. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Photo-finish at the RCP Tiburon Mile with Becca Mann (left) and victor Ashley Twichell (right), courtesy of Anh McCracken. Top 25 Swimmers: 1 Jordan Wilimovsky 22:00 2 Chip Peterson 22:06 3 Brendan Casey 22:18 4 Ashley Twitchell 22:40 [first woman] 5 Becca Mann 22:41 [second woman] 6 Michael Sheil 22:43 7 Keri-Anne Payne 22:48 [third
Jordan Wilimovsky, winning the 2015 RCP Tiburon Mile, California. Upper photo shot from high above Corinthian Island by Bill Anderson of AC Graphics. Lower photo at sea level courtesy of Elliot Karlan.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After a tough morning workout or long weekend training session, OCHO has a great recipe using its organic ingredients: *oatmeal *syrup *milk *2 Caramel & Peanut OCHO bars Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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