The Daily News Of Open Water Swimming

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. HUANCHACO, TRUJILLO, PERU One of only five surfing reserves in the world, Huanchaco is the birthplace of wave-riding. For over 3,000 years, local fishermen have scoured the waters aboard caballitos de totora, beautiful vessels woven from native totora reeds. Visitors can try surfing on caballitos for a small fee

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What is very cool in the open water swimming community – from ocean swimming to ice swimming, from wild swimming to marathon swimming – is the natural, person-to-person passing of information and advice from the older generations to the younger. Because everything is changing so rapidly (e.g., technology, geopolitics,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Here are 15 ways to tell you come from a swimming family. 1. Somewhere In Your House Is A Dedicated Gear Area. Alabama Photo Courtesy: Amelia J. Brackin This place is full of mesh bags, old see-through swimsuits, goggles, caps, and has a distinct smell of chlorine. 2. There

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aurélie Muller won the gold medal at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary. But the 28-year-old Muller battled all kinds of disappointments and challenges for years before she was able to stand on top of the podium in an international open water race. She has faced

Courtesy of FINA. There are 176 certified and experience FINA open water swimming officials around the world who travel domestically and internationally judging, organizing, planning, volunteering and directing open water swims, relays and events. They can provide advice, guidance and support to solo swimmers, relays, race directors, organizing committee, events and races in nearly every

Courtesy of Quinn Fitzgerald, Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Last year, The Olympic Club Rough Water Team set a goal to be the first six-person relay team in history to complete the Oceans Seven – seven major channel crossings around the world. “We did Catalina last summer, we’ll do Molokai to Oahu this summer and

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Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. Italian men swept the podium at the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda yesterday with their female teammate standing on top of the women’s podium. Francesco Ghettini and Barbara Pozzoban won the 45th edition that changed its traditional 57 km course down

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Report Ad MORE NEWS NCAA swimming backstroke flags by Mike Lewis NCAA QUALIFIERS: WHO’S (PROBABLY) IN AND WHO HAS WORK TO DO? DOCTOR: SWIMMER SHOT IN ROME HAS SUFFERED COMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY BUCKNELL’S MCBRIDE WINS 100TH, 2 TOP 10 TEAMS FALL ON WP WEEK 3 Report Ad Torrey