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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Shivering by an open water swimmer is like experiencing… …a wipeout by a surfer …a nose bleed by a boxer …road rash by a cyclist …a missing tooth by an ice hockey player …a hard tackle by a football player …an ankle sprain by a volleyball player …shin splits […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Maui Channel Swim is an absolutely gorgeous and challenging 9.6-mile (15.4 km) ocean swimming relay race between the islands of Lanai and Maui in Hawaii. Each team has six swimmers who rotate at fixed intervals. It is one of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims and is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the 100th anniversary of the Vibes & Scribes Lee Swim, reportedly registered over 500 participants who took to the waters in the centre of Cork, Ireland. With the water in the lower ranges towards 13ºC, the centennial swim offered the typical edginess of tough Irish swims. The world-famous
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was a view of Hong Kong that few business people, shoppers and foodie travelers get to see. As hundreds of people of various backgrounds and ages hit Big Wave Bay and headed towards Shek-O Back Beach, the Jax Coco Shek O Challenge offered the perfect mixture of sunny
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. To our knowledge, the aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is the open water swimming event in the world that annually gives away a free vehicle to one lucky winner. Race director Wayne Riddin gives away a Toyota and randomly selects 10 individuals for the grand prize finale.
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Courtesy of Ben Stubenberg from the Swim Marathon Turks & Caicos. Professional marathon swimmer Yuko Matsuzaki battled tough currents and chop to complete the first-ever swim from Sandy Point, North Caicos to Grace Bay in 6 hours 25 minutes. The 13 nautical mile (24 km) aquatic journey along the Caicos Cays started in calm waters
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hong Kong is among one of the world’s best-known cities. Known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbor, the megalopolis is populated by over 7 million people and is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong is an important node in the global
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Photos by Phil White. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Magog (Québec, Canada) Mayor Vicki May Hamm honored Billy Connor and Sarah Thomas at City Hall in Magog, Québec for their historic swims: Connor’s first traverse of Lake Memphremagog in 1955 when he swam through a thunderstorm and Thomas’ first double crossing in 2013 when
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Photo by Photo by Laura Joyce of Goofy Foot Photography.com/AP. Content courtesy of Bob Placak, Tiburon, California. The following was a written request from Bob Placak to the Manhattan Beach City Council in light of the recent shark encounter by Steven Robles in Manhattan Beach, California. As an avid open water swimmer for the past
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Oussama Mellouli Chez Labes 08/09/2012 by Artiste-Tunisien Apparently, Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medalist Oussama Mellouli may attempt to swim across the English Channel, becoming the second Tunisian citizen in history after Nejib Belhedi to cross the most famous stretch of water in the world. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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