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Lagos Open Water Championship, Sign Of Potential Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Lagos Open Water Championship will be held this Sunday at the Regatta Village, Victoria Island in Nigeria. Kwami Kpodoh, a FINA open water swimming official from Ghana, will participate in the April 20th event in Lagos, Nigeria as the sport of […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Colleen Blair, who has crossed both the English Channel and the North Channel, will help kick off the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Loch Lomond, Scotland. “It will be an honor to swim in the wake of one of the heroines of the sport, Colleen, the first
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Paragon (noun): a person regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality. Paragon Awards (noun): annual recognition given to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to Competitive Swimming, Water Polo, Competitive Diving, Aquatic Safety, Synchronized Swimming and Recreational Swimming. Bob Burnside: recipient of the 2014 Paragon Awards for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Paragon (noun): a person regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality. Paragon Awards (noun): annual recognition given to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to Competitive Swimming, Water Polo, Competitive Diving, Aquatic Safety, Synchronized Swimming and Recreational Swimming. Sid Cassidy (multi-talented, multi-faceted open water enthusiast): winner of
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Photos of Craig Lenning by Vito Bialla. Last week, Craig Lenning was able to replicate the only two successful swims from the Farallon Islands to California that were first performed in 1967. With his 15 hour 47 minute crossing from the Farallon Islands to Muir Beach on the mainland, he was celebrated locally and throughout
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference will be held between September 19th and 21st at the renowned Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. The Conference speeches, lunches, dances, and awards dinners will take place within Mount Stuart House, a Neo-Gothic country house with extensive
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The longer, colder, rougher it is, the better Suzie Dods becomes in the open water. In addition to her athletic exploits, the San Francisco Bay swimmer is also a coach who thrives on sharing her knowledge, experience and expertise. And she has plenty of it. Dods swam across the
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CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Global Open Water Swimming Conference is a conference on the sport of open water swimming, marathon swimming and swimming during triathlons and multi-sport endurance events. The conference which has been attended by enthusiasts and luminaries from 6 continents, is devoted
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Oceans Seven swimmer Darren Miller has always aimed to become a motivational speaker and help others identify and achieve their own goals. Like his own unprecedented 7-for-7 Oceans Seven accomplishment, the young Miller is well on his way to achieving his own motivational speaking goals as his calendar is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Connecting dots between open water swimming and baseball is a stretch, but 42 plays a role in each sport. Breaking Barriers, In Sports, In Life is a youth program managed by Sharon Robinson. The program brings curriculum into American schools, teaching character-building skills through the metaphor of baseball and
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