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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 1…2…3…breathe right…1…2…3…breathe left. Andrew Malinak replicated Bert Thomas‘s 18.5-mile swim from Tacoma to West Seattle in the state of Washington with a steady pace of 3 arm strokes and then a breath to the right, then another 3 arm strokes and a breath to the left. Over and over […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim-in Leiden is a canal swim down the Old Rhine in Leiden, the Dutch province of South Holland on June 19th. The distances include 1 km, 1.5 km, 3 km and a 5 x 85m relay. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming
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The history of open water swimming is filled with colorful characters and powerful personalities. The sport of swimming from shore to shore is filled with pioneering men and women who challenge themselves to overcome the vagarities and dynamics of the open water. These heroes and heroines of the marine world are uniquely talented and relentlessly
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With Olympic champions Ryan Lochte, Cullen Jones, Kristy Coventry, Tyler Clary and Nick Thomas training at SwimMAC along with some of the best swimmers in America (like Kathleen Baker, Madison Kennedy, Matt Josa, Kathleen Baker, Micah Lawrence, Katie Meili, Cammile Adams, Emma Reaney, Tim Phillips, Nick Thoman and Mark
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Courtesy of Mark Johnston, a swimmer follows in some big paw prints across Flathead Lake, Montana. Over Labor Day weekend in 2010, a four-year-old female grizzly bear swam a remarkable 15 miles across Flathead Lake in northwest Montana. Although known to be capable swimmers, grizzly bears don’t often come across lakes as large as Flathead
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Grand Prix 3 Lakes or the Grand Prix Cup of Three Lakes for the Mayor of Szczecin Cup is a 3-part series of 1 km or 2 km races held on July 10th-12th in Glebokie Lake, Dąbie and Dziewoklicz Lake in western Poland. Copyright © 2015 by World Open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Salvatore Cimmino of Italy possesses a rare amount of courage as an endurance athlete and a deep-seated passion to help others with a disability. His willingness to seek new goals is relentless. He has planned, organized and completed solo swims from the Cook Strait in New Zealand to around
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Courtesy of Tampa Bay Frogman Swim, Florida. Where so many kayaks are lined up along a shoreline, so are usually a bunch of open water swimmers and their supporters. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Vibes & Scribes Lee Swim in Cork, Ireland. The Lee Swim that runs through the centre of the City of Cork is one of the top open water swimming events in Ireland and the world, not only for its history, but also for its exceedingly rare course. Spectators line both sides of the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Historical Society of Central Florida announced that Lucky’s Lake Swim is a significant occurrence in Central Florida history. Lucky’s Lake Swim has been a staple event for not only Central Floridians, but for many Americans, Olympians and international visitors from 50 countries over the past 25 years. “It
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