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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Word on the shorelines around the globe is that Marcel Wouda is one of the best coaches of the world. The 2.03 m (6 foot 8 inch) Dutch coach is nearly always dressed in the orange of his native Netherlands and quick with a smile. It is clear he […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Buster Crabbe, a two-time Olympic medalist, movie star, and television actor was an individual and aquapreneur before his time. Winter Swimming Crabbe lived in a mountain lodge at Lake Arrowhead, a mountain resort about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. According to Phil Cooper, he swam throughout the year
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Open Water Swimming Association conducted a survey on what are open water swimmers’ greatest fears in the open water. Swimmers from around the world emailed in the following responses: * “SHARKS, SHARKS, SHARKS!” * “It’s silly, but during every race I have at least one moment when
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Melisa Villaseñor made Mexico proud with a strong third-place finish at the recent FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The 19-year-old Villaseñor is shown with Coach Mauricio Campos and Mexican Swimming Federation president Kiril Todorov. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Little things like applying Vaseline on men’s stubble or beards helps eliminate chafing, especially in marathon swims and ocean races. Damián Blaum is showing preparations with a rubber glove and duct tape holding down his transponder on his wrists before this weekend’s FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most passionate and prolific open water swimmers in Mexico, Christy Guille, passed away last week in Cancun. Guille was 77 when she died, but she always swam and smiled. Always, always, always with a deep passion for the open water. “She swam in open water swims
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In a typically gutsy performance that has characterized her illustrious career, Angela Maurer won the 15 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Due to transportation problems with a union strike in the Frankfurt Airport, Maurer traveled from Europe and landed in Mexico only
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands looked like a tanker plowing through heavy seas in today’s FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix today in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Steady and powerful, 23-year-old Weertman led for most of the 15 km race in the turbulent, windy Caribbean Sea off the Yucatan
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The mixing of the genders in an elite open water swimming competition causes all kinds of changes. When it happened in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race off the Ocean Maya Royale resort in the Caribbean Sea, it led to all kinds of havoc. The men’s pack
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean Maya Royale Resort in Playa del Carmen In the 12-loop 1.25 km course in front of the Ocean Maya Royale resort in Playa del Carmen, the men and women heats started separately. But the men’s lead pack of 15 have caught up with the women’s lead pack of
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