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Courtesy of Bill Eckstrom, Huntington Beach, California. Bill Eckstrom talks about the Growth Rings [see above]. His four rings – Stagnation, Order, Complexity and Chaos – have Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Ali Meeks, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Adventure: Into The Maelstrom (Part One), courtesy of Beth Harrison, Jack Hudson in the Moskstraumen and Saltstraumen in Norway. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. I saw a couple of nurse sharks about halfway through the swim that’s all. We’ve been to Eleuthera about a dozen times since 2006 and have seen quite a few sharks there…. nurse, reef, lemon, hammerhead and bulls. The water is so clear that it’s usually from a distance
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Snake Island is located 18 nautical miles off the coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is approximately 110 acres in area. There is a lot of beauty and diversity on the landmass with hills, and cliffs overlooking the open ocean. Since there are so many snakes on the island,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Linda Kaiser, one of the most prolific Pacific Ocean channel swimmers in the world, explains, “I remember popping a few Coca-Colas the night before a swim to diffuse the fizz. That’s what I used, de-fizzed Coke. We hadn’t figured out that we could tie a string to the water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One things that swimmers like to talk about is how extreme the conditions they have to face in the open water. The water temperature might feel really cold, but the thermometer never lies. The distance might feel very long, but the true straight-line
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the same way that athletes swim 2.4 miles in the Waikiki Roughwater Swim or 1 mile in the Great Swims, athletes are correctly credited with the shortest straight-line tangent when they do any kind of open water swim, even if they swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Poliana Okimoto is one of the living legends of open water swimming, who has always been a fan favourite. World champion and Olympic bronze medallist Brazilian star aims at achieving some more good results at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Balatonfüred. “I didn’t like open water swimming. I
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matthew Moseley set off to a 76.4 km (50-mile) 3-day swim between four islands in the Caribbean Sea called the Swim Across The Caribbean. His first leg, a 4-mile swim from St. John to St. Thomas was trouble-free as he finished in 2 hours 16 minutes feeding on electrolytes,
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