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Tiburón, whose real name was Victor Guillermo Contreras, is an open water swimmer from Chile who crossed the Strait of Gibraltar in 1981 in 3 hours 27 minutes at the age of 34 and the English Channel in 1982 in 12 hours 2 minutes. Tiburón (Spanish for shark) is also perhaps best known for his […]
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Julieta Nuñez is an extreme open water swimmer and an open water swimming coach who has crossed the Strait of Magellan two times in 2007 and 2009 as well as the Beagle Canal from Chile to Argentina. Coach Nuñez is also a coach with Water World Swim and founded the first official, legally incorporated open
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The colors of the water in the inaugural Alligator Reef Lighthouse Swim were dramatically vivid. Baby blues, sea greens, grays with all kinds of shades and hues to delight the senses. 154 solo swimmers and relay members participated in the 8-mile ocean swim in the Florida Keys and helped raise awareness of the need to
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When open water swimming races are cancelled, it is a major decision for the race director and safety officer(s) as well as the vendors, sponsors, and volunteers. Races can be cancelled or postponed due to marine life, winds, currents, tides, lightning, waves, pollution, or a host of other factors. In World Open Water Swimming Association
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Emily Brunemann is traveling westward to compete in the Far East where she hopes to capture her first overall FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup title with races in Shantou, China and Hong Kong. The Shantou leg is this coming September 29th and the Hong Kong leg is on October 5th. Brunemann holds a commanding
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Paul Lundgren‘s 80-mile off-the-grid swim in Mexico reminds us of explorers of old as he sets off to swim in the relatively unknown waters across the Sea of Cortez. Like traversing across a jungle or up a mountain like explorers of yesteryear, Lundgren will encounter nature in ways that are not yet completely understood or
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The Other Shore, the documentary of Diana Nyad’s quest to swim from Cuba to Florida, premieres on September 26th here. Filmed by Timothy Wheeler, a portion of the proceeds raised will be given to www.nyadswimforrelief.com to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy. For more information, visit here. Has open water swimming come of age? Has
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Without wetsuits, in the dead of night, three swimmers braved the cold open-ocean to realize a dream… …so starts a marathon swimming documentary. Driven – The Marathon Swimming Documentary is the dramatic story behind Evan Morrison, Fiona Goh, and Cherie Edborg. The film will premier on October 19th at the Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria,
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Defeating Oceans Seven, the story of Stephen Redmond‘s battle to achieve the Oceans Seven produced by Wolfgang Merkel and documented by Red Bull Media House, will be shown at the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland on October 9th. For more information on the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference Cork, visit
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Tim Johnson talks about open water swimming at the 2010 Global Open Water Swimming Conference at Columbia University in New York City: Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
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