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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are few people in the world as appreciative of the opportunities in open water swimming as Slovenian Rok Kerin. Wherever he went, he smiled and demonstrated a humble professionalism and exuded a deep-seated gratitude towards the race directors and volunteers. The former professional marathon swimmer recalls, “I had […]
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Courtesy of Nino Fazio of Baia di Grotta, Italy. Giulio Travaglio, a native of Naples, Italy, sprinted onto the professional marathon swimming circuit and never stopped until he was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966. Travaglio won the 32 km (20-mile) Maratona del Golfo – Capri Napoli in Italy in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “She has a lot of marathoning left to do,” predicts Tampa Bay Marathon Swim race director Ron Collins about Lisa Hertz. The 28-year-old took a little spring break from class and turned in an impressive 12 hour 46 minute swim at one of the longest competitive marathon swims in
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Courtesy of Stroke for Egypt in the Red Sea, Egypt. Khaled Shalaby and Sherwitte Hafez in cooperation with the Capital Group organized the international Stroke for Egypt, an international multi-race, multi-sport charity event. The inaugural 7-day festival offered 2 km, 5 km and 10 km open water swims as well as a water polo tournament,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alex Kostich, a Vice President at Sony Pictures Studios, leads an idyllic lifestyle as he travels from the South Pacific to the Caribbean Sea with many stops between participating in hundreds of open water swimming events over his two-decade career. One of the most unique events that he participates
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the Stroke for Egypt event in the Red Sea, event director Khaled Shalaby stretched a 5 km floating Egyptian flag over the bright blue sea as an expression that Egypt is safe, sunny and a perfect location for aquatic events and profitable investments. There were 2 km, 5
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Scott is an outstanding freestyler from Toronto, Canada. From the age of 13, his career took off both in the pool where he trained under Olympic coach Deryk Snelling to the open water especially in Lake Ontario. In addition to his own success in the water, Scott has
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. He almost made it look easy and he certainly made it look fun. Adam Walker completed the Cook Strait in 8 hours 36 minutes yesterday, completing six out of seven channels of the Oceans Seven. “I swam with dolphins for over an hour,” reports Walker from New Zealand. “I
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Located between the hometown of Surf City U.S.A. and the swimming grounds of the prolific Oak Streakers, Newport Beach, California is the site of many open water swims and the famous bodysurfing Wedge. Newport Beach also hosts its Film Festival that seeks to bring to Orange County the best
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we observe open water swimmers around the world, certain nationalities always impress us. The South Africans are freakily tough. The Irish are notoriously hard-core. The Australians are mind-boggling adventurous. There are also certain areas where the tough are an especially hardened group: Melbourne and Murmansk. Beijing and Boston.
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