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How Great And Influential Was Commander Forsberg Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The open water swimming world knows the late Commander Charles Gerald Forsberg OBE, RN as a marathon swimmer, president of the Channel Swimming Association, author of 3 books and a columnist of 40 years promoting the Royal and Merchant Navy’s swimming, lifesaving […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marisa Frieder went from becoming the first person to complete the 10.7-mile (17.2 km) Portland Bridge Swim down the Willamette River through the heart of Portland, Oregon to a passionate race director. After her unprecedented success in 2010, Frieder has been organizing the Portland Bridge Swim for others to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ouma is an Arabic word meaning “swim in the sea”, a concept that Nejib Belhedi is pushing constantly in Tunisia. Belhedi’s Ouma initiative is his means to encourage people in Tunisia, especially the children, to begin and enjoy swimming in the sea. “I want the younger population in Tunisia
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In most open water swimming events around the world, directional turns are indicated by turn buoys (or cans). But sometimes, some swims are occasionally different. The Bermuda Round the Sound Swim is a charity swim that offers 0.8 km, 2 km, 4 km, 7.25 km and 10 km swims
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Don Makatile of the Sunday World describes Olympic marathon swimmer and Paralympic champion Natalie du Toit‘s well-received book Tumble Turn “a beautiful story of courage, the stuff powerful biographies are made of.” Tumble Turn, published in 2006, is an inspirational story for people from all walks of life, and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Commander Charles Gerald Forsberg OBE, RN started something that many stars in the marathon swimming world have replicated – a 21.6-mile swim across Loch Lomond in Scotland. Commander Forsberg also competed a total of 211 long distance swims, logging 2,021 km (1,256 miles) in championship swims. He later served
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marilyn Bell Di Lascio currently lives in New Jersey. The Canadian swimming icon, who was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario, is showcased in Laura Young’s new book, In Solo, Yet Never Alone: Swimming the Great Lakes. “Marilyn is a warm, wonderful person who genuinely cares about
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sportswriter Laura Young features over 40 swimmers in her new book, In Solo, Yet Never Alone: Swimming the Great Lakes. Why would anyone swim the Great Lakes? Young delves deeply and profoundly into that question. Her book addresses the mindset of people who challenged themselves in the big water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Triathlete and masters swimmer Terry Loftus of the Novaquatics Masters swam an excellent 2-loop 2.4-mile Nadadores Rough Water Swim in Dana Point along the California coastline today. He is the West Coast counterpart to his fast sister Shirley Loftus-Charley on opposite side of America. Shirley has won numerous national
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lexie Kelly won the Nadadores 2.4-mile Rough Water Swim held in Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point along the Southern California coastline this Saturday morning in 48 minutes 38 seconds. Carri Cook and Jen Schumacher finished second and third overall in the women’s division while The EC6 relay member
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