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Courtesy of Brad Lundblad at S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, Arizona. Brad Lundblad swam and completed the 41.7 miles (66.9 km) S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge* for the second consecutive year earlier this month. He shares his thoughts of the event. “I did better on my first two swims than last year and better than expected on Apache considering […]
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Courtesy of Jacqueline Mcclelland at Camlough lake Co. Armagh Ireland . Camlough lake, such a nice place to swim they are queuing to get in.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mark Warkentin and the Santa Barbara Swim Club presents The Big Wave Ocean Swim Race and The Beast Open Water Championship Finals on the evening of June 6th. “The new race is part of the Southern California Grand Prix series and includes preliminary and championship finals races. The prelims:
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mark Warkentin, who finished eighth in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is still a huge fan of the sport of open water swimming and a coach in Santa Barbara, California As hundreds of athletes prepare for the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, dozens
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jennifer Figge was injured from a terrible skiing accident and she needed to rehabilitate both physically and mentally. Like many, she did physical therapy including all kinds of AlterG sessions. But unlike anyone else, she decided to go for a stage swim…from Cuba to Mexico. She left Cabo Cruz
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine added to his growing channel swimming resume with another celebrated swim in the Philippines. The Pinoy Aquaman became the first person to cross Sarangani Bay, finishing the 12.95 km swim in 5 hours 55 minutes. He told the Filipino media, “The swim was quite tough, the
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Courtesy of Stephen Holm, Raymond Rogers, and Justin Peck from IOLITE, creators and distributors of high-precision GPS tracking device for swim goggles. IOLITE sends real-time feedback during an open water swim directly to the goggles through a tiny LED array. The IOLITE provides input to swimmers who can swim along the straightest course possible. In
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Photo courtesy of April Dominguez. Race founder Kent Nicholas recalls a story about Elizabeth Fry at the recent 4-day 41.7 miles (66.9 km) S.C.A.R. stage swim that not only epitomizes the sense of community that open water swimmers have, but more specifically the kind of person who Fry is. “Open water swimmers who get it
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. San Diego is acknowledged as the global hub for triathlon. Starting back in 1974, the sunny capital of multisports has prided itself at developing and nurturing everyone from the world’s best triathletes to age-groupers focused on multisports. San Diego not only has the ideal climate and weather for year-round
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Ten Incredibly Painful Open Water Swims of the early 21st Century: The following ten incidents were off the charts in terms of pain, discomfort and inherent risk
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