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Joachim Hüffmeier, Jens Kanthak, and Guido Hertel studied the motivation of members of pool swimming relays and team processes. In several published articles, they showed that relay members are more motivated in their relays as compared to the individual competition at least when they feel that their performance is indispensable for their relay’s performance. Their […]
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As the holiday season approaches, Wild Swimming is offering its latest Wild Swimming book for 50% of its listed price. “This summer we published the all-new bumper edition of Wild Swimming, with twice the number of swims (almost 400); new photography; improved maps, grid references and symbols; and new coverage nearer London and Birmingham,” writes
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For more information, visit King and Queen of the Sea on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach in Brasil, site of the Olympic triathlon and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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The human aerial art of thousands of schoolchildren is now part of the national promotion of the Ministry of Culture in China. The poster on left is from Ocean Recovery Alliance‘s aerial art from 2012. The dolphin image was created as part of the Kids Ocean Day on Repulse Bay Beach in Hong Kong. The
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Whether you swim in a lake, ocean, sea, river or outdoor pool, sometimes we just look up and breathe and catch glimpses of remarkable natural beauty. Whether in the slow-moving Charles River that flows through Cambridge and Boston or out in Sun Valley with ski runs in the background at the Zenergy Pool in Idaho,
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Quiero Sonreír…I Want to Smile Courtesy of WOWSA, Mexico City. Mariel Hawley completed her English translation of her fascinating Spanish-language book Días Azules (Water Days). The book covers many events in her life from her record-setting four-way relay crossing of the English Channel with Jorge Urreta, Luis Pineyro, Omar Díaz González, Alejandro Moreno and Mayalen
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New Zealander Charlotte Webby who always performs well on the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series has specific goals, shared by many swimmers of all ages at the State Harbour Crossing. “I’m going to go out, go hard and have fun. I’m keeping it really simple,” says the competitive swimmer from Taranaki about participating on
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The waters off Auckland kick off some fast and furious swimming this weekend. New Zealand’s fastest open water swimmers will once again face Australia’s best when the 2013/2014 State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series starts on Sunday morning at the State Harbour Crossing. New Zealand fastest man 23-year-old Kane Radford (shown on left) will face
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Walking up on shore and finishing a swim brings smiles to swimmers and their friends and family. The effort, the pain, the sacrifice suddenly evaporates and is replaced by joy. Charlotte Brynn did not have that opportunity to walk up on shore at the end of all of her swims during 2013. But those uncompleted
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Seen from space, our Planet Earth is blue. Its thrives on water in the oceans, lakes and rivers with rain and humidity natural phenomena that enables the earth to hum with activity and growth. Known as the Blue Planet, biologist Wallace J Nichols, Ph.D. delves into the importance of the color blue. In a TED