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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marathon swimmers are renowned for surrounding themselves with tight, passionate and supportive crew members. Jamie Patrick‘s crew includes some of his close friends, both personal and professional. His father is also a key member of his team, responsible for his navigation and pre-swim planning. “Thanks to 11 years of […]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Theodore Yach recently completed his record-setting 93rd crossing of the Robben Island. At this pace, the South African swimmer will soon complete 100 crossings of the infamous prison island. This 3-decade-long achievements is in addition to his English Channel crossing and Sea of Galilee swim and a number of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Extreme/ice/marathon/channel/professional swimmer Christof “Wandi” Wandratsch from Haiming in Bavaria, Germany is back. Soon after he became the first man to cross the lengthwise direction of the Bodensee, a 66 km swim in 20 hours 41 minutes in July 2013, Wandratsch said, “Never again.” But there are always various shades
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Courtesy of New Zealand’s Tracy Clark from the Strait of Gibraltar. Last week Roger Finch from South Africa and I swam the Strait of Gibraltar. It was not the best day in the water for me that’s for sure. We had been let down badly by someone days before the swim which in turn caused
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ireland’s Pádraig Mallon was initially skeptical about the invitation to participate in the International Limit Challenging Race of Crossing Yellow River Qinghai China that he received from the Chinese Swimming Association. “But after some investigation, I decided to give it a go. I booked for my uncle Milo [McCourt]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Madeira Island Ultra Swim is one of the longest open water swimming competitions in the world. The Ultra Swim includes a series of marathon swims held on Madeira Island in Spain held between the island of Porto Santo and Madeira. The total distance is 22.7 nautical miles or
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Go to Ala Moana Beach Park on Oahu, Hawaii or Tower 26 in Santa Monica, California or Manly Beach with the Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad and you will find swimmers gathering around these famous swimming spots to stash their gear and towel off after a swim. But some
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Courtesy of 2015 Madeira Island International Swim Marathon, Madeira Island, Spain. Ivan Abreu from Funchal in Madeira, Portugal is organizing the second Madeira Island International Swim Marathon, an event on Madeira Island, a Portuguese archipelago located in the north Atlantic Ocean in November. “In our first year, there were over 200 swimmers participating in 4
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2015 Russia Open Water Championships continues between June 16th and 20th in the Istra Reservoir. The championships follows the Russian Junior Open Water Championships which were held between June 11th and 14th. The most renowned Russian swimmer, Larisa Ilchenko (Лариса Дмитриевна Ильченко), shown on left. Copyright © 2015
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. How is an open water swimmer defined? Are real open water swimmers limited to marathon swimmers and channel swimmers? Or does the definition include stage swimmers, adventure swimmers, ice swimmers, ocean swimmers and relay swimmers? What about lifeguards, surfers, wind surfers, body surfers, and triathletes? What about those with
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