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The Shire of Wyndham – East Kimberley (SWEK) has been a long-time supporter of the First National Kimberly Lake Argyle Swim in Australia. In 2014, SWEK funded the ‘2014 Marker Buoy Project’. This project will ensure the open water swimming courses are extremely well-marked. Event manager Glenn Taylor explains, “Even a ‘Seeing Eye Dog’ will […]
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Penny Palfrey is shown being escorted by Jeff Kozlovich in the red kayak and Richard Clifford in the blue kayak. Throughout the 41-hour 6-minute swim, Kozlovich and Clifford kept Palfrey at their side as they sighted off of a lead boat setting the course ahead of them. For her unprecedented 68-mile crossing between Little Cayman
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Penny Palfrey is shown over after her 68-mile swim from Little Cayman to Grand Cayman. The sparkle in her eyes tells of the joy, relief and pride that she rightly has after her 41-hour 6-minute swim where she faced 2 nights of swimming. Photo by Spike. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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If possible and if affordable, we recommend breaking in 4 (yes, four!) pair of excellent-fitting, comfortable goggles. Two pairs should be lighter colors or transparent for night swimming or swimming in low visibility. Two pairs should be darker shades or polarized for swimming towards the sun’s glare or in bright daylight. Each pair should be
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Open water swimmers live by the mantra, “Expect the unexpected.” Logistical planning, physical training and mental preparation help athletes succeed in the open water, whether it is a short ocean swimming competition or a long channel swim, but more often than not, the unexpected occurs. When that happens, adaptability is key. Jellyfish stings: grin and
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The weather was anything but bright for the start of the inaugural Noosa Summer Swim held last weekend, but the over 750 swimmers brought a whole lotta bright smiles to an otherwise damp morning. The Noosa Summer Swim is the latest addition to the Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series. Olympian Michael Klim took
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Mallory Mead is hosting a 4-day Manhattan Beach Channel Swimming Clinic in Southern California on April 24th-27th. The intensive channel swimming camp is held at the Terranea Resort, site of Catalina Channel crossing finishes, and at Manhattan Beach where marathon swimmers of note have been swimming back and forth 2 miles between the Manhattan Beach
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“Being invited to China was a stunning opportunity,” explains Nuala Moore. “Both Anne Marie [Ward] and I were invited as guests of Boris Ratushniy of the St. Petersburg Winter Swimming Federation.” Ratushniy (shown above) is considered to be the Grandfather of winter swimming. A remarkable individual with charisma and character, he still swims and competes
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While the eyes of the swimming world were on Michael Phelps during the butterfly races at the Olympics, many eyes in Kenya were on Jason Dunford, one of only two Kenyan swimmers to qualify for the Olympics (the other was his brother). Dunford, a FINIS-sponsored athlete, didn’t medal in his best event, the 100m butterfly,
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