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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,
“Never give up.” “I gave it my all.” Those words mean something profound to open water swimmers pushed by the elements where nothing is guaranteed and the unexpected can be expected. But in Barcelona at this year’s FINA World Championships, Richard Weinberger truly put meaning behind those phrases. The final results showed Weinberger fall 0.7
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2014 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships will be moved from the ocean off North Carolina to Southern California’s Castaic Lake on June 13th and 15th. Originally slated for Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, 2014 Open Water Nationals was relocated due to local safety officials’ concerns regarding anticipated
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Around Around He Goes, Alex Kostich Does Bora Bora Courtesy of World Open Water Swimming Association, Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Alex Kostich is one of those people who make Hollywood come alive. As a Vice President at Sony Pictures Studios, he develops the creative advertising and marketing campaigns for feature films distributed globally by Sony
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most popular swims in America is the 2-mile Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim in Southern California from the Hermosa Beach Pier to the Manhattan Beach Pier. But who is Dwight Crum? He was an excellent distance freestyler who competed for the University of Southern California in the
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Staci Brode is the go-to person in the Swim Across America’s charity swim in Dallas that brings in hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to the fight against cancer. Together with her husband Ahmed Zaher, they own the Playtri Club and organize over 25 events in the Dallas-Fort Worth area together with 20 coaches
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Oram (English Channel), Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa (Strait of Gibraltar), Quinten Nelson (North Channel), Greg Elliott (Catalina Channel), Captain Mizushima (Tsugaru Channel), Bob Andrieux (Santa Barbara Channel), and Charlie Gravett (Jersey) are well-known mariners of the world’s most challenging open water swims. Their legacy of care, expertise and experience
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June Emerson took a photo of her sons playing in the waves at Manhattan Beach, California. Manhattan Beach is a beautiful stretch of beach near the LAX International Airport and the site of one of the most popular oceans swims in America: the Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim. Her photo also caught the shadow of an
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Marathon Swimmers Forum and hundreds of voters around the world know excellence when they see and experience it. The inaugural Service to Marathon Swimming Award was awarded to the The Dover Beach Crew. Among the channel swimming community, the cumulative wisdom and value of the Dover Beach Team’s
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