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We can appreciate how most swimmers want to keep alive the traditions of the sport of open water swimming. The sport has served its enthusiasts well over the last two millennia. But we like to imagine how the sport can continue to evolve and develop. When the sport evolves in various ways, the number of […]
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Francisco “Siscu” Pons helped create the bilingual (Spanish-English) website for the Menorca Channel Swimming Association together with a group of other experienced Menorca Channel swimmers and enthusiasts. “We welcome you to our Menorca Channel Swimming Association official website. Here you can see the history of all swimmers who have managed to cross in either direction
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Swim for Hope is an 8 km ocean swim from Diaz Beach to Buffels Bay around Cape Point in South Africa. It is a charity swim for the Little Fighters Cancer Trust. Fifteen swimmers will go on standby on March 1st for one of the most extreme open water swimming challenges in South African waters.
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Mark Johnston recently relocated from Denver, Colorado to Polson, Montana to help open a new aquatic center that sits next to Flathead Lake, the largest fresh water lake west of the Mississippi River. He and his wife wasted no time and got into the flow of combining the joys and challenges of pool and open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of the swims in the Northern Hemisphere that would be on the ultimate open water swimmer’s
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SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of swims in the Southern Hemisphere that would be on the ultimate open water swimmer’s bucket list? The potential list
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Thaddeus Gamory Diversifies From NYPD To South Florida Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach. As a former New York City policeman, Thaddeus Gamory has always done the right thing. But Gamory hung up his hoister after 20 years on the beat and is now using his goggles and swim cap instead. The retired NYPD Police Academy
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Wearing a bright pink swim cap with a direct English translation that means fighting on the water, a masters swimmer on the 19-race Japan International Open Water Swimming Association circuit is as enthusiastic and passionate as any competitor in any culture. We occasionally hear of the samurai spirit – or the Bushidō code that was
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Tropical beaches…check. Cold mountain lakes…check. Rugged seashores…check. Meandering rivers…check. Coral reefs…idyllic islands…big wave beaches. Check off the boxes around the world…complete your bucket list of swims around the world… Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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At Matteo Testa‘s Swim the Island event in Bergeggi, Italy, there were a lot of things going on besides the 1.7 km, 3.5 km and 5 km races to and around the island. Testa is a bundle of energy and his enthusiasm for open water swimming is reflected in his events. Just as in this
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