Pat Gallant-Charette’s Journey Is Far From Over
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Staying Powered Across The Tsugaru Channel
We gotta like the solar panels that the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association uses on the Tsugaru Channel solo and relays swims in Japan. With Ocean Navi‘s Masayuki Moriya coordinating land logistics, marine operations and online communications for family and friends of channel swimmers in the Tsugaru Channel in Japan, the amount of time on the
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The Water Looks So Calm
Oceans Seven swimmers often underestimate the “English Channel of the Far East“. With only 19 km separating its closest two points, the Tsugaru Channel is considered one of the easiest Oceans Seven channels. Even from the cliffs overlooking the Tsugaru Channel things below look calm. But underneath that calm are so terrifically strong eddies and
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Eating Right
We have always wondered, especially after we polish off a pancake-eggs-juice-yogurt-orange-sausage-muffin breakfast, why we feel so hungry after swimming in the open water. If the water is warm or cold, rough or calm, no matter what speed or distance when we swim, we get hungry. It is inevitable. However, when we review literature about caloric
SwimTrek To Celebrate A Decade Of Open Water Excellence
It seems like SwimTrek has been around forever. But it has only been 10 years. But it has been a memorable 10 years for the leading swimming holiday provider with reach from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean. Simon Murie, its founder, and The Tabernacle in London’s Notting Hill will play host to SwimTrek‘s 10-year
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After The Olympics In Rio, 10K Will Be In Tokyo Bay
After The Olympics In Rio, 10K Will Be In Tokyo Bay Courtesy of WOWSA, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The first Olympic open water swimming debuted in a rowing basin in Beijing, then the aquatic discipline was showcased in the equally calm Serpentine in London. Next the 10 km marathon swim will be held
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Katz Out Of The Bag And Into The Water
At the age of 70, there is seemingly no slowing down of Dr. Jane Katz, recipient of a Certificate of Merit from the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. At the 19th Maccabiah Games, she won 13 medals – including 11 individual victories – after participating in every Maccabiah Games since 1957. “I hadn’t done
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Why? Because We Love It
Night Train 228 from vito bialla on Vimeo. The Night Train Swimmers include Captain Vito Bialla, navigator/pilot Hal McCormick, observer/pilot Patrick HornPhil Cutti, David Holscher, Zach Jirkovsky, Luane Rowe, Blair Cannon, and Grace van der Byl. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
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Jordan Wilimovsky Wins Big Shoulders
Jordan Wilimovsky has had a busy summer between training with his Team Santa Monica mates to qualifying for the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Lake Castaic to placing 14th in the 25 km race at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The California native got a bit of rest before
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Amanda Horton Gets Inspired
She is not one of the elite competitive swimmers, but Amanda Horton is representative of many of the thousands of athletes who participated in the Big Shoulders event in Lake Michigan this weekend. And Horton was brutally honest about the triangular course within view of the magnificent Chicago skyline. “This has been my most challenging
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