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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
What we love about the King and Queen of the Sea (Rei e Rainha do Mar) series in how many disabled athletes participate and how readily the volunteers and staff come to their aid at the start and up along the beach at the finish. But set these athletes off in the water and they […]
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Kent Solheim has been a man on a mission. Solheim is the Founder and Executive Director of Gold Star Teen Adventures. He current mission is to raise funds for the foundation and complete a 50 km (31.68 mile) ocean relay called the 50KM Freedom Swim for Gold Star Teen Adventures. The 50 km charity swim
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Deanne Draeger read a beautiful poem about Rose Pitonof‘s during Rose’s induction at the 2013 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonial dinner in Cork, Ireland. William Curran‘s poem read, “With fond and faithful rememberance of the 13th day of August 1911, when we saw a mightly little lady, Miss Rose Pitonof, breaking all previous
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Many open water swimmers live fascinating lives. They travel, they explore, and often times they see things that many other people never experience. Although Harry Huffaker, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer, has swum across the Molokai Channel in both directions (Oahu-to-Molokai and Molokai-to-Oahu), he had the opportunity to travel to Molokai
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What is very impressive to us about Stig Severinsen is how ripped he is with a low percentage of body fat to do this sort of cold water swimming, televised on the Discovery Channel: Copyright © 2013 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Prakash Kharvi is a disabled Indian open water swimmer who dreams big. Back in February 2011, he swam 3 km in 7 hours in the Arabian Sea with both his hands handcuffed behind his back. The polio victim started swimming from St Mary’s Island and reached Malpe Beach using primarily his left leg to kick
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One of our favorite personalities growing up was American fitness guru Jack LaLanne. He was a totally committed and focused on his mission in life: promoting fitness, nutrition and positive thinking. LaLanne caught the public’s attention with his charisma and exploits with the goal of inspiring others. “I did these feats to show that anything
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The triathlon world is significantly larger than the open water swimming community in America. The number of triathletes number in the millions as the number of multi-sport events and newcomers continues to exponentially expand. Compared with open water swimming, the sport sends more athletes – some unprepared even with wetsuits – in the open water
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Brian Meharg Of Bangor Boat Passing On The Knowledge Brian Meharg has been escorting channel swimmers across the North Channel for years. As he is winding down his illustrious career, the attempts on the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland are increasing. And true to his nature, the knowledgeable pilot is ushering in a new
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When the ocean water is cold or coolish, we find ourselves looking forward to sight or looking across the ocean surface when we breath. There is a tendency to not look down when we swim. Our eyes, of course, are not necessarily closed, but we tend not to be focused on the depths below. There
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