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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Turks and Caicos Magazine wrote about yesterday’s 0.5-, 1- and 2.4-mile ocean swims, “There couldn’t possibly be a more beautiful place in the world for an open water swim race. The Race for the Conch Eco Seaswim was stunning and saw fantastic community support.” Yuko Matsuzaki and Rowdy Gaines […]
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Chloë McCardel Makes It Look As Easy As 1-2-3 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 10 down…and many more to go. 30-year-old Chloë McCardel is making crossings of the English Channel look easy, both as an athlete and coach. But as the open water swimming community knows profoundly well, nothing great is easy. Behind the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Solstice Swim is the first swim on the new Mountain Swim Series with 500m, 1.2- and 2.4-mile swims in the Union Reservoir in Longmont, Colorado held during the Kineticists Festival. 5,000 feet (1,524m) in altitude and catering to the many locals and triathletes who desire more open water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Roy-Allan Burch from Bermuda suffered a heart-breaking season-ending double patella tendon rupture in late March that has put his Olympic dreams in jeopardy. But the two-time Olympic swimmer never lost hope. His recovery is highlighted in the latest issue of Open Water Swimming Magazine. Copyright © 2015 by World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Richard Carlson, Ph.D. wrote the best-selling book, Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff™…and it’s all Small Stuff and left behind a legacy in print, mindset and a vast amount of online content. While most open water swimmers view their sport in a macro sense – enjoying the outdoors and physical
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Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Huntington Beach, California. Yakushima Open Water Swim (屋久島オープンウォータースイミング）was held in heavy rain, but the precipitation did not damper the annual 1 km and 2.5 km ocean swim off the southern island of Kyushu, Japan. Yakushima is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated World Heritage Centre known for its
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Italian Rachele Bruni won the last FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup stage in Setúbal, Portugal: 1 Rachele Bruni (ITA) 2:05:24.45 2 Yumi Kida (JPN) 2:05:34.15 3 Anna Olasz (HUN) 2:06:17.95 4 Betina Lorscheiter (BRA) 2:06:20.35 5 Angelica Andre (POR) 2:06:21.05 6 Nikolett Kiss (HUN) 2:06:23.25 7 Christine Jennings
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Corbin swam in high school in Southern California, but it she was inspired by a movie about swimming the English Channel to get her to try a crossing of the Catalina Channel. After completing a 17 hour 9 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Just swim!” heard budding triathlete Linda Garrett when she went to the shoreline to first train for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon this September. That order is easy for a competitive swimmer or pro triathlete to follow, but “Just swim!” is not for everyone. “My challenge [of the triathlon] is,
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Report courtesy of Colin Hill and photos courtesy of José Azevedo at the 25 km Santa Cruz – Desertas Natural Swim in the Madeiras Islands. In January I was fortunate enough to take part in a masters 4 km open water swimming event in Madeira, with a water temperature of 16°C. Whilst chatting to local
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