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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Morning ocean races were followed by water polo tournaments throughout the summer,” recalls Steven Munatones of his aquatic upbringing in Huntington Beach, California. “If you were into both sports, California is a great place to compete in both. Of course, it required a bit of stamina so our coach […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association announced its new Julian Rusinek Scholarship. “Times are tough, unemployment is high and marathon swimming is an expensive sport,” explains Scott Zornig, president. “Julian Rusinek has generously funded a scholarship which provides financial assistance to American marathon swimmers who have difficulty meeting the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. They did it! They never knew where they would land in Madagascar, but they finally landed after 24 days out in the Mozambique Channel, the treacherous waterway between Mozambique and Madagascar. Beginning on February 28th with a small crew, South Africans Thane Guy Williams and Jonno Proudfoot swam every
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Two more laps,” called out the coaches to their athletes in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in languages that varied from English to Spanish, Czech to Russian, German to Italian, Bulgarian to Arabic. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Davis Cooley of Long Beach, California proposed a US$30,000 cash prize at a Lake Elsinore marathon swim back in September 1927. Unfortunately, no record of the proposed race in the lake known as Laguna Grande is known to exist. Information courtesy of Scott Zornig of the Santa Barbara Channel
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Antecedent Attempts At Anacapa Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in June 1965, the Ventura Junior Chamber of Commerce offered US$1,000 to the first person to swim from Anacapa Island to the California mainland, a distance of 12 miles (19.3 km). As a promotion for a local home decorator show in Ventura, the swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Saleh Mohammad is a professional marathon swimmer from Syria who competes at major international competitions including FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup and the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuits. He finished 19th at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and won the 5
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After a tough race in a sun-drenched environment like Playa del Carmen, Mexico, the professional marathon swimmers from around the world all do various things the next day. They are mostly mellow and recovering from a difficult day in the office. Angela Maurer did an easy 3,000m warm-down session
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The walk into the open water before a competitive professional open water swimming race is always done slowly. No one runs and no one rushes to the in-the-water starting line. It is a casual, mellow, gentlemanly approach to the sport that demonstrates the confidence that each of the athletes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When an athlete crosses a finish line or touches ground after an open water swim, especially when they achieve their goal, their feeling of joy is obvious and apparent. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands demonstrated his feelings seconds after winning the 15 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix
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