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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 WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The incomparable James Pittar will hold his annual charity swim for The Fred Hollows Foundation on September 28th. From channels around the world and around Manhattan Island to across the Rottnest Channel and from Robben Island, Pittar is a prolific swimmer inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 37-year-old Michelle Macy is a no-nonsense swimmer: cool, calm, collected. She follows the creed of her employer, Nike, when it comes to diving in the open water and swimming across channels, across lakes and down rivers. The Oregon resident just does it. Walk in, swim across, walk out. And
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Steven Robles was released last night from a local hospital after encountering a shark at Manhattan Beach, California during a training swim with his ocean swimming group including several swimmers from SCAQ. One of his biggest injuries was to his right hand which entered the shark’s mouth that he
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Photo courtesy of Newport Beach Lifeguard Department, Newport Beach, California. With 6-8-foot surf pounding the Newport Beach‘s 16th Street yesterday, 32-year-old Ben Carlson did what he was trained to do and had done time and time before. He put himself in harm’s way and went in the heavy surf to rescue another individual with his
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 51-year-old David Livengood was the 89th person to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his third leg at the 2014 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The Oregonian is setting the standard for his fellow channel swimmers in the northwest of America. He started his Triple Crown in
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Video coverage courtesy of Loudlab News. Story by WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Before Steven Robles Was Attacked By A Great White Shark For years, we swam 2 miles between the Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach piers in Southern California. Near the runway of the LAX International Airport, it is a conveniently located stretch of warm,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Josh Heynes of the Lake Erie Open Water Swimming Association, is currently looking at a go date of July 15th for 17-year-old Norman Stark Jr.‘s swim across Lake Erie. “As of now, the winds, waves and weather looks favorable; however, we all know the weather forecast can change 1000
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Photo of Kirsten Cameron by Antonia Steeg. Article by Kirsten Cameron of EC6, Total Immersion in the English Channel. When swimming in the pool its very clear how long a race is and measurements are consistent between pools and countries around the globe. Therefore a time for 50m free is a time for 50m free
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