Women versus Men In The Open Water World
How do women compare to men in open water swimming?
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Dan Projansky, 56 Going On 36
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimmers are coming from all over the place to participate in the 36-mile (57.9 km) Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET), but none may face the challenge of 56-year-old Dan Projansky. Swimming 36 miles of butterfly down a slowly meandering river where the current flows downstream up to
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Romina Imwinkelried, Pensive And Prepared
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Romina Imwinkelried is a young professional marathon swimmer from Santa Fe, Argentina who competed for the first time outside her native country last weekend on the 2014 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit. She was quiet and pensive before the race – not unusual by young swimmers in
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Ivan Afanevich Travels The World Focused On Freestyle
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ivan Afanevich is a 26-year-old professional marathon swimmer from Russia who competes on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup professional circuit and the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix pro circuit, traveling the world plying his trade. He won the 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná (read here and see
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Christine Armstrong Taken By A Shark
Local articles on the passing of Australian ocean swimmer Christine Armstrong in Tathra, who was swimming with her husband and friends, is posted here, here, and here. Copyright © 2014 by SkyNews
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Ain’t No Sharks In North Dakota, Just A Mighty Red River
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimmers are coming from all over the place to participate in the 36-mile (57.9 km) Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET). Those intrepid athletes include 60-year-old Michael Miller from Hawaii. The English, Catalina, Molokai, Maui Channel swimmer is currently training for the END-WET in the warm Pacific Ocean,
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Women In Black Leaving Terra Firma
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. These women in black showcase their talents in oceans, lakes, and rivers around the world performing extraordinarily difficult feats of superhuman endurance, strength and speed. Photo shows the women entering the warm Mexican waters of tropical Playa del Carmen along the Yucatan Peninsula for the FINA Open Water Swimming
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Be Kind To Your Yacker Week
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 6th annual Be Kind To Your Yacker Week, a celebration of escort crews, kayakers, and paddlers, is underway around the world this first week in April. Initiated in 2009 by Phil White (aka Flipperless Fil) of Derby, Vermont and the co-founder of Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association
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Enduring Waves Foundation Looking To Help
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Emily von Jentzen is an attorney and marathon swimmer from Montana who creates unique open water swims and raises money for children with special medical conditions in the process through the Enduring Waves Foundation. The process for selecting a child to receive assistance from the Enduring Waves Foundation takes
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Marathoning From Mozambique To Madagascar
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On February 28th, an intrepid pair of South African swimmers – Thane Guy Williams and Jonno Proudfoot – set off to make history. By merely walking off the shore of Mozambique and swimming towards the island of Madagascar, they did. The attempt to cross the Mozambique Channel was historic.
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