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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. CNN reported a new marine animal in the Pacific Ocean. The 2-3 mm translucent skeleton shrimp was understandably hard to locate. It was discovered in a cave on on Santa Catalina Island and is among the nearly 18,000 new species named by the International Institute for Species Exploration in […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Klein Curaçao (English: Little Curaçao) is a small uninhabited island south-east of Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea. Part of the country of Curaçao, it has an old lighthouse that oversees the gorgeous diving spots, coral reef, and underwater caves that encircle the island. Amid the colorful fish and sea
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephen Redmond made the Tsugaru Channel famous with his indomitable channel attempts in 2012, but one of the shortest Oceans Seven channels is also one of the toughest. Its difficulty is largely due to its position between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The channel functions like
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Erica Smith, an NCAA All-American pool swimmer, knows all about time management and how to effectively combine schooling with swimming. While she serves as the men’s and women’s swim team coach at Eastern Michigan University as she works toward a masters degree in exercise physiology, Smith operates BuoyantSwim and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today, Simon Holliday‘s 35 km Clean Cross Swim from Hong Kong to Macau across the Pearl River Delta was a success at many levels. Firstly, he raised over HK$250,000 to support Ocean Recovery Alliance and its Grate Art project. Secondly, he safely finished the crossing in record time, 10
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marathon Films was established in 2013 by channel swimmer James Salter, Justin Hardy, and John Toba with Jack Fishburn and Muireann Price. Marathon Films‘ purpose is to make films that tell the stories of unsung British heroes. And for the open water swimming community, the filmmakers could have not
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Lake Hopatcong Open Water Swim Festival is an annual charity swim in September to benefit several animal rescue and K-9 charities including the Southern Tier Police Canine Association, 11th Hour Rescue, Father John’s Animal House, and the Jefferson Township Animal Pound. Race director Bridgette Hobart-Janeczko is always grateful
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Irish hosted the Champion of Champions event in Sandycove Island in May 2008. In 11ºC (51.8ºF) waters, the field attempted 9 circumnavigations around the famed island swimming mecca. Kevin Murphy, Ned Denison, Sylvain Estadieu, Lisa Cummins, and even a young Owen O’Keefe were among the stars were participated.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Holliday was warming up for this 35 km Clean Cross Swim from Hong Kong to Macau today when Chinese white dolphins momentarily joined him. Like world-famous Adam Walker and his renowned bout with the dolphins and sharks in the Cook Strait, the appearance of the Chinese white dolphins
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Holliday has already achieved his fund-raising goal of HK$200,000 even before he set off on Friday’s Clean Cross Swim. Holliday will start on his 35 km swim from Peaked Hill (Kai Yet Kok), on the west edge of Lantau Island, Hong Kong to Hac Sa Beach in Macau
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