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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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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The New York Clipper was a weekly entertainment newspaper published in New York City from 1853 to 1924. It covered many topics, including circuses, dance, music, the outdoors, sports, theater, and the personalities of the open water swimming world. It had a circulation of about 25,000. The publishers also
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The New York Clipper was a weekly entertainment newspaper published in New York City from 1853 to 1924. It covered many topics, including circuses, dance, music, the outdoors, sports, theater, and the personalities of the open water swimming world. It had a circulation of about 25,000. The publishers also
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Holliday is on his way on his 35 km Clean Cross Swim from Hong Kong to Macau today. Here are videos of the first few hours: video 1 (in the shipping channel) video 2 (container ship horn) video 3 (container ship crossing) video 4 (first feeding) Video 5
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Due to terrorist attack on Mumbai few years back, all sea events were discontinued and even fishing or sea transportation has been under great inspection. But that did not stop Dr. Daya Rakshe to organize an open water swim for her son, Atharva Rakshe. “Getting permission from the various
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bimbo The Open Sea en Playa Blanca is a new 5-race open water swimming competition (300m, 600m, 1.5 km, 2.5 km Ruta al Farallon and 3.0 km) held in Panamá held on May 24th and 25th. Presented by The Open Sea, it is held at the beautiful Playa Blanca
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alison ‘Sunshine’ Chavez hit a roadblock. The currents were not only going against her, but the waves figuratively slammed her down against the ocean floor. But the setback – breast cancer – only made her stronger. Her uplifting story – still to be finished – is here. Facebook created
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Madonna Buder, known as Sister Madonna or the Iron Nun, knows how to swim…and bike and run. The 83-year-old Roman Catholic nun from Spokane, Washington, will be inducted in the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame on June 26th in Chicago at the ITU World Triathlon Chicago. as an Age-Group
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. French Creek Racing kicked off its series of 800m open water swimming races in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania at 7 pm this Tuesday night. The start of the 6-part 800m sprint series was in 62ºF water against the current in the Schuylkill River – 400m against the current and 400m with
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Bernie Butler BASRA Swim Marathon has one really cool race poster that befits its really cool ocean swim. The 44th annual Bernie Butler BASRA Swim Marathon will be held at Coral Beach in Grand Bahama. The 2013 event was won by 13-year-old Alec Sands of Nassau in a
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