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While open water swimmers know of UFOs as Unidentified Floating Objects, the rest of society tied to terra firma refers to UFOs as Unidentified Flying Objects. From the Bermuda Triangle to the Devil’s Sea, some people believe there are areas of the globe that are unexplainably scary, inexplicably mysterious and, even to a certain degree, […]
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Although the disaster film had a US$160 budget and holds a Guinness World Record for having the most detailed computer graphics model in a Hollywood film, the 2006 adaptation of The Poseidon Adventure still needed the talents and expertise of a lot of stuntmen and stuntwomen. Swimmer Katie Rowe of Long Beach, California trained the
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Olga Kozydub won the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year after training like few have in terms of distance and racing a total of 307 km (192 miles) throughout the year against the world’s fastest ultra-marathon swimmers. Her spectacular sophomore year on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit was something
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Bering Strait Swim Is 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was the most dangerous and risky open water swim in history. So many things could have gone wrong among the 121 members in the 6-day, 53-mile (86 km) relay adventure. But so many things went
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It is not often an open water swimmer starts a global movement, but Ram Barkai and his colleagues at the International Ice Swimming Association have done so. And their efforts and inspiration, the International Ice Swimming Association was selected as the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year. Throughout Europe and North America,
There are very few in the marathon swimming world who elicit the global praise and deeply felt respect and admiration like American marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas. And so it seemed right when the Marathon Swimmers Forum announced Sarah Thomas as the recipient of its 2013 Barra Award. Thomas completed two double-crossings in Lake Tahoe and
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The Marathon Swimmers Forum announced Darren Miller as the recipient of its 2013 Barra Award. Named after famed American channel swimmer David Barra, the Barra Award considers not just swimming achievements, but also the person’s full body of work in the sport of marathon swimming according to the Marathon Swimmers Forum. Like Barra, Miller is
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“Ohhh, I am sore,” said Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia who won yesterday’s Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Roberval, Quebec, Canada. The 42-year-old came out of retirement and surged back from 6 – six! – shoulder surgeries to win the 32 km lake classic over men more than 10 years his junior. “I just swim
“He’s a fish outta water.” That comment is made frequently about good swimmers by their less aquatically-oriented friends on terra firma. It certainly applies to Evan Morrison, co-founder of the Marathon Swimmers Forum. The Princeton University graduate has turned his life-long passion for swimming into a lifestyle…and bringing many more like him along for the
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Aquatic athletes have many commonalities, but when pool swimmers, open water swimmers, water polo players and triathletes get together, what they say can mean different things. A simple comment from one aquatic athlete to another can definitely lead to different meanings and comments. What one athlete intends can be misunderstood due to their own mindset
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