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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Since its inception, the Traversée internationale du lac Memphrémagog has traditionally been a swim across the lake from its American shores in the south to its Canadian shores in Magog, Quebec. For decades since the early 1990s, the 34 km Traversée has always been a FINA-sanctioned event. But times […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The concept of the Triple Break in the open water swimming world was first proposed by Ned Denison. Gradually, Denison and Jacquet Tuset have added to the original list of prison island swims. The list has now grown to sites throughout Africa, Europe, the Americas and Oceania. The Triple
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Kotlin Race From St. Petersburg To Kronstadt Courtesy of WOWSA, Gulf of Finland. The Kotlin Race or the Swimming Marathon St. Petersburg – Kronstadt is a 25 km marathon swim held in the Gulf of Finland. The race starts in St. Petersburg and takes the swimmers across Neva Bay. Under the director of race director
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matthew Moseley is still reeling from his latest swim, the Cruce y Nado poor los Arrecifes de Coral in the east region of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. “Did that really just happen?” he asked about his 38 km 12 hour 1 minute crossing from Isla Culebra to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Brian Long is starting a trend of new coastal ocean races in Southern California with a hipster twist. His new Trident Swim Series is a 3-part ocean swimming summer series. The series kicks off in Oceanside with the Spring Classic 3K Ocean Swim on June 6th. The Series then
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 25 years ago, Rebecca Collins was fighting for her life against cancer. With the help of her neurosurgeon, she not only survived, but has thrived. Together with her Speedo-touting, goggle-wearing, mile-counting husband Ron Collins, they organize an open water swim in order to give back to those who helped
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Even up, it sure is. The Kingdom Games offers the Aquaman Even Up event on August 1st that is a swimmers’ dream. The Aquaman Even Up includes a 3.5-mile swim followed by a 34-mile bike and a 13.1-mile run. Phil White explains how he came up with these distances
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Colin Hill stays busy participating in ice swims, organizing events and developing new products, but he still finds time to train and compete against the best. Hill will take a little time off of his Chillswim responsibilities this week and will represent Great Britain at the upcoming 25 km
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Whether it is a solo crossing or a relay swim, there are a few open water swims around the world where a trial swim (alternatively called an assessment swim or a check out swim or a qualifying swim) is mandatory. A trial swim is an open water swim required
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