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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When open water swimmers travel together in open bodies of water they are called a pack, a pod, a squad, a team, an aquatic scrum, a peloton, or a mass [of swimmers]. What are groups of animals who travel in, near or above the water called in English? Albatross […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 1994, Steven Munatones swam clockwise around Yonaguni Island in Okinawa, Japan.The beautiful tropical island, close to Taiwan, is a well-known oasis sitting between the East China Sea and Pacific Ocean where shivers of hammerhead sharks congregate, feed and breed. With 70 dive sites around Yonaguni, scuba divers
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Answers are below: 1. Just keep swimming. A. Freda Streeter at Dover, England B. Ned Denison during Cork Distance Week in Ireland C. Dory in Finding Nemo (movie) 2. I swim as fast and as hard as I can for as long as I can. A. Richard Weinberger at
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cape St. Francis is located on a headland in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Near the scenes shot for the renowned surfing movie, The Endless Summer, Cape St. Francis is known as one of the world’s best surfing locations with ocean swells year round. What is outstanding
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Canadian Caroline Walker transformed herself, admittedly, from being overweight to leading the life of an athlete. “This journey for me is about the process. It’s about who I become,” she explains. Walker’s dreams include swimming across Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island in Canada’s British Columbia first and then become
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we think of male open water swimmers and the animal kingdom, certain similarities come to mind: The Satisfaction of a Warm Sauna Men sitting in a warm sauna, enjoying the warmth after an open water swim in the cold ocean waters, are reminiscent of Japanese snow monkeys (Nihonzaru
Courtesy of TED by Hamish Jolly of Shark Attack Mitigation Systems.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Mick Long (Longy) at Rockalong Stonework is a legend,” gushes Glenn Taylor, race director of the 10 km and 20 km Lake Argyle Swim in Western Australia. “I don’t know how else to describe the man, he has been making our trophies for years and always does a fantastic
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katrina Porter, OAM is a pool and open water swimmer from Australia who has received the Medal of the Order of Australia. A competitive swimmer since the age of 10 who specializes in backstroke and breaststroke, she competed in the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the Hagg Lake Open Water Swim in Gaston, Oregon on June 15th, race director Mike Healey offers a great bargain to the 500 open water swimmers who participate. “With 0.5-mile, 1.2-mile and 2.4-mile races, a single registration price allows you to swim in any or all of the
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