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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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Photo courtesy of Brilliant Studios at the Race for the Conch Eco-SeaSwim in Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos. “We had great water conditions in Grace Bay at the July 5th event and some superb swimming in 1/2 mile, 1 mile, and 2.4 mile races,” says Ben Stubenberg. It certainly looks like it. Copyright © 2014
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In America, there is no swim team with as many ocean swimmers as SCAQ, Southern California Aquatic Masters Swim Club. The massive adult swimming team is spread far and wide throughout the Los Angeles basin. SCAQ includes courageous ocean swimmer Mary Ellen Koetsier-Farr came to the immediate aid of Steven Robles during a Great White
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. An estimated 110 million people visit the beaches of Southern California during the summer time. From star-laden Malibu to the hip Newport Beach, the Left Coast of America is renowned for its miles of shoreline, coastal cruising locations and people-watching and sports opportunities. Approximately 40% of the beach-goers get
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vigour Events has teamed up with First Response GB to offer a free open water swimming event lifeguard qualification course at Luss on Loch Lomond in Scotland this coming weekend. On July 12th and 13th, the two-day, 10-hour course will include lifeguard signals, basic adult resuscitation (drowning), throw rope
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Come to the meeting,” asked Jim Anderson of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim Committee. I had a pretty good inkling what I was getting into back in the mid-1980’s, but I was young and had enough time on my hands. I was not born in Hawaii nor was I a
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Courtesy of Neil Faudemer in the Channel Islands. The Jersey Swimming Club Polar Bear relay team swam an unprecedented stretch of water from Saint-Malo to Jersey in the English Channel on July 7th. The relay consisting of Ian Jones, Wendy Trehiou, Nick Dotter, Graeme Lowe, David le Clercq and Neil Faudemer crossed the formerly treacherous
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Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale. Bob Dudley is the Chief Executive Officer of British Petroleum who was assigned to be responsible for the Gulf Coast Restoration Organization responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. His speech was the acceptance speech for his 2014 International Swimming Hall of Fame Gold Medallion Award
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Courtesy of Tom Peterson, an All-American pool swimmer, at his induction at the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame where he was inducted in 2009. While Tom’s words are meant for his peers, teammates, family and friends, his words also speak volumes to competitive and committed swimmers of all ages and abilities, including open water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tomás Haces of Cuba is a long-time stalwart of the global open water swimming community and the Unión Americana de Natación (UANA). Teodolo Tomás Haces Germán has a truly impressive resume that never seems to take him too far away from the water: FINA-appointed clinician of swimming, officiating and
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