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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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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Red Bull described its new multi-discipline, multi-round Red Bull Surf and Rescue event in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 21st. “It began as a squad of capable watermen in the 1800s who volunteered to keep safe the growing number of visitors swimming in the surf off Atlantic City.
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Courtesy of Open Water Asia, Hong Kong. The 9th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim will be held on October 10th in Hong Kong. The course offers 15 km of waves and wind. The event is primarily a 5-person relay event, but it is also open to soloists in for a challenge that must be
Courtesy of Open Water Asia, Hong Kong. The 11th Jax Sheko Challenge and Trisolothon goes from Big Wave Bay to the Back Beach of Sheko in Hong Kong on July 11th. For more information, vist www.openwaterasia.com Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. James Salter of Marathon Films announced to the English Channel community that his film made together with Justin Hardy, and John Toba with Jack Fishburn and Muireann Price is finished. “We finally made the film. There is a showing in Dover on July 24th, but otherwise this is running
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How Rowdy, Yuko Matsuzaki Crosses Grace Bay Courtesy of WOWSA, Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos. Yuko Matsuzaki completed a 25 km swim in 7 hours 28 minutes across Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos this week. During the last mile of her solo swim, Matsuzaki was joined by 3-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines. This week,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Phil White reported that Craig Lenning completed his mission in 15 hours 5 minutes to swim the length of Lake Memphremagog between Vermont (USA) and Quebec (Canada) as part of the Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims. “We added a fifth consecutive blue light at The Clubhous to commemorate
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Even before she started to get into open water swimming and train with the Nahant Knuckleheads of Massachusetts with an eye to do longer and colder ocean swims, Martha Wood was dabbling into the open water. Sort of. Her home restoration and jewelry design business includes a touch of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michigan endurance athlete Jim Dreyer postponed his upcoming event due to an injury that he sustained in a Lake Superior swim in 2002. Dubbed The Human Tugboat, Dreyer most recently pulled a 27-ton ferry 800 yards across Newport Beach Harbor for a television special last year and has been
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