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19-year-old Australian 5 km open water swimming champion Jarrod Poort won the State Bay of Islands Classic today in the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Poort won by 22 seconds ahead of Phillip Ryan in the 3.3 km swim from Russell to Paihia. The race was held in choppy conditions, thanks to strong nor-east […]
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Andrew Magness think big. Real big. And long. “We already have 16 people registered for the 2014 END-WET [Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test],” said the irrepressible race director of the longest open water swimming competition in North America. “The 36-mile (57.9 km) swim down Red River is capped at 40 people. Annaleise Carr will
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Prior to the American government shutdown, Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in the world, commented on the mindset of people, “Fear is incredibly contagious. Success comes from confidently looking at long-term horizons.” His comments reminded us of its corollary often seen in the open water world, “Confidence is incredibly contagious. Success comes from
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There was a scholarly study that demonstrated if an individual blunders, their likeability increases, but that effect only occurs if the person who blunders is considered competent. In the open water swimming world, there are many who do not succeed at their attempts. They try…courageously, but do not reach the other shore. They set off
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If the best answer to almost any question is another question, then one possible answer to ‘Why are you doing this open water swim?’ may be ‘Why not?’ ‘Why?’, ‘Why do you do ice swimming?’, ‘Why are you attempting the channel?’, ‘Why do you swim in the ocean?’ are questions that open water swimmers often
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Members of the Black-ice Open Water Swimming Club, based in Black Rock, Australia (outside of Melbourne), are one tough, dedicated group of open water swimmers. To become an official member of the Black Rock Icebergers (Black-Ice), a swimmers is required to complete a 3 km circuit of the long course at Brighton Baths during winter
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On November 30th, Dr. Steve Minaglia added another channel to his resume. After 11 hours 10 minutes, he returned to where he started on the west side of Maui to become the first person to complete a two-way crossing of the Pailolo Channel between Molokai and Maui. Escorted by pilot Paul Luuwai from Maui and
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New Zealand’s best open water swimmers are going to have their hands full with a top Australian heading into round two of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series this weekend. 19-year-old Jarrod Poort is heading to the 3.3 km State Bay of Islands Classic from Russell to Paihia with some serious speed. The Australian
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Dr. Jane Katz, a recent inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, is a woman who constantly wears a smile. Full of positive energy and endless enthusiasm for aquatics, we recently had the opportunity to hear about her friendships and interactions with everyone from the daughter of Captain Matthew Webb, Gertrude Ederle and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmer and coach Eney Jones is one in tune with herself, her community and Mother Nature. In her front yard in Colorado, Boulder Creek sits there in the foreground of the majestic Rocky Mountains. As spring and summer rolls around, the snow melts and a tremendous amount
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