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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Barham of the Lake Geneva Swimming Association announced the establishment of the Alain Charmey Award. “It is an award given by the Lake Geneva Swimming Association for its fastest swim of the year.” The then 34-year-old Swiss Olympic freestyle swimmer swam the length of Lake Geneva in August […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The photo of Yasunari Hirai (silver medal from Japan), Allan Do Carmo (gold medal from Brazil) and Richard Weinberger (bronze medal from Canada) is illustrative of the internationalization of open water swimming. Over the first three Olympic Games in the 10K marathon swim (2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Matías Ola of Argentina is known as an ice swimmer and ice festival organizer, he is also embarking on his Unir el Mundo project. His swims around the world include the following: 1. Strait of Gibraltar 2. 86 km Bering Strait Crossing (international relay team) 3. Bering Strait
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean swimmers or their support crews may occasionally experience a shark encounter when they see a shark fin at the water’s surface, but most swimmers and their support crew assume that sharks make their attacks from below. Channel swimmers like Mike Spalding and Linda Kaiser while swimming the various
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bill Welzien started on his two-way attempt of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, but he swam straight into a dust storm on his return leg. Talk about expecting the unexpected. Gadi Katz remarked that it impressive that he didn’t quit. Welzien began his swim at 10:30 pm on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gregg Bolsinger completed an 11 hour 22 minute crossing of the English Channel in 2014. The 54-year-old attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio went back to the English Channel again this summer to attempt a two-way crossing. What happened was something more profoundly special. it’s another example of the open water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Florida’s Biscayne National Park, within sight of Miami, is the continental United States’ only tropical coral reef system. It just received a boost this week when the United States government announced its new plan that includes a marine reserve zone. “The plan is a chart and guide for the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On her third attempt, more than 6 years after her first attempt, Suzie Dods successfully swam around Manhattan Island during the July 28th Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. Her 8 hour 37 minute circumnavigation enabled the San Francisco-based open water swimming coach and volunteer extraordinaire to achieve the Triple Crown
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Martin Strel To Swim Around The World In 450 Days Photos by Angus McIntyre. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yesterday, Martin Strel announced his Strel’s World Swim during the Clean WaterSwim in New York. The 60-year-old Big River Man has swum down the Amazon River in 2007 (swimming 5,268 km (3,273.38 miles) through
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jim Cotton, one of the founders of the Waikiki Swim Club, Waikiki Roughwater Swim and Maui Channel Swim, knows high surf and rough water conditions. Living on Oahu, where some of the largest paddle-in waves exist, Cotton has seen his share of towering waves and massive ocean swells. This
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