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While channel swimmers, distance swimmers and elite swimmers train exceedingly hard, pushing themselves lap after lap and mile after mile in the pool and open water, we always find it is a pleasure when an adult swimming coach or masters swimming coach calls for casual social kicking in their practices. Social kick is easy kicking […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Peter Bales, one of the founding members of the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association (CLDSA), is one of those legends of the sport whose personality, energy and dedication have been greatly appreciated by generations of swimmers. Bales is now 73 years old and is still swimming and piloting with
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The dedication and enthusiasm of support crew and escort pilots on marathon swims and channel swims is well-established and recognized by all. But what about those young men of the lifeguard corps from Atlantic City, Ocean City and Longport who volunteered to row for 8, 9, 10 and more in the Atlantic City Around the
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Imagine the scenario and the implications… It is late at night. It is dark out in the ocean. The swimmer is feeling good, gradually making her way across the channel. Then…BOOM! She is hit. Hit hard like being slapped with a thick piece of wood. She experienced a shark encounter. No one saw the shark
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Mat Hudson moved halfway around the world and found his passion. Originally from Portland, Oregon, the American currently lives in Antalya, Turkey where he leads Mediterra International Swimming, The former competitive swimmer and triathlete is a Total Immersion Master Coach who works with athletes of all levels and ages. The 40-year-old conducts a number of
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In a competitive open water race or triathlons with a mass start, sometimes athletes get totally boxed in swimming within a large pack, around a turn buoy or even along a straightaway. Veteran open water swimmer Eney Jones observes what the best tend to do, “Poise is power.” That is, she recommends that swimmers and
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Two-time Catalina Channel swimmers Cindy Walsh (13:56 in 2007 and 9:55 in 2008) and Jim Fitzpatrick (9:47 in 2001 and 14:59 in an unprecedented Catalina to Newport Beach crossing in 2008) completed a duo 15-mile swim across Lake Pend Oreille in 2009. Lake Pend Oreille (pronounced: pond-o-ray) is a 43-mile (69 km) long lake in
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Huntington Beach, California is known as Surf City USA®. Numerous surf lifestyle and swimwear brands have come from this Southern California seaside community, from TYR and Katin to Quiksilver and Roxy. Cool, hip and fashionable, these swimwear and surfing brands have forged their way into the swimming, marine sports and beach-going communities over the decades.
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Isla Guadalupe sits 241 kilometers off the west coast of Mexico’s Baja California. Filled with pinnipeds, it is one of the worlds best spots for sighting of Great White Sharks. A rugged volcanic island and designated biosphere reserve with a population of 150 people and a world-renowned location for shark diving, there is “nowhere else
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TYR Sport, a company in Huntington Beach, California, made it quite clear what country it prepared its newest goggles for. As founder Steve Furniss (shown below) explains, “Named for TYR, the Norse god of warriors, we are a company started by athletes and powered by athletes.” Its polarized Special Ops 2.0 goggles were provided to
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