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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For 131 years, people in Dundee, Scotland have been dooking (i.e., a Scottish term for jumping into the sea from harbors and rocks). But now that the water temperature is nearly 10°C (50°F), the open water swimming season has begun in Dundee. The Ye Amphibious Ancients Bathing Association has […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Brian Meharg of Bangor Boats has almost seen it all on the North Channel. From helping Kevin Murphy in 1972 on a 2-way attempt and Ted Keenan in a 1973 crossing to piloting for Alison Streeter in 1988 and Colleen Mallon in 2014, his career has spanned much of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the World Explorers Bureau, some of the world’s most awe-inspiring women share their experiences and mindsets. They include renowned speaker and some of the most accomplished female explorers and adventurers on the planet. Women like Ann Daniels (polar explorer), Anne Doubilet (underwater explorer and photographer), Ants-Bolingbroke-Kent (adventurer and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 4 km Sea of Galilee Swim in Israel, one of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims, is quite an event. While it is not the world’s largest swim with South Africa’s Midmar Mile at over 17,000 swimmers and Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake Swim annually hosting peaking at
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Courtesy of Ryan Stramrood, somewhere between Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China. In 2007, South Africa’s Ryan Stramrood received an unexpected email while sitting in his office in South Africa. “I didn’t have much [open water] experience at all, but it was about a swim attempt from Taiwan to China.” Recipients were invited to
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Courtesy of Nuala Moore from Murmansk. . Henri Kaarma, Christof Wandratsch, Petar Stoychev, Nuala Moore and Ram Barkai [with IISA red jacket on] debriefing after the 1000m International Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk, Russia. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison confirmed the addition of one prison island swim to the Triple Break. The Triple Break or the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims is a solo challenge where swimmers must complete at least 3 of the world’s most well-known prison island swims: Le Château d’If, Fort Boyard,
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Photo courtesy of Nuala Moore, inside the Arctic Circle in Murmansk. When scientists discovered the first warm-bodied fish [see below], it reminded us of the selected representatives of mankind who are willingly subjecting themselves to unprecedented distances in nearly ice cold water without protection. It is a new world. When fish are found to be
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. An exceptional multi-year drought has haunted California. But today the American Far West got a bit of a drench that brought unexpected rainfall to Southern California. From San Diego to Los Angeles, the record rainfall caused a massive amount of urban runoff to head towards the coast. This led
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