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From their start on Hokkaido to their finish on the rocky beach on the main island of Honshu, Team Umiou (海王《うみおう》) was a bunch of very happy, very grateful, always smiling masters swimmers. Team Umiou of Tokyo was a 6-person relay team of masters open water swimmers who completed their 12 hours 45 minute crossing […]
From Start To Finish, Swimmers Smile On Tsugaru Channel Read More »
“It was a good race. I am still shocked by the closeness,” describes Bill Ireland who was on the winning Veterans team in the 28-mile Ka’iwi Channel Swim. “The difference [between the 9:53 and 9:56 final times] was incredibly small. I assumed the two teams would have been an hour apart. The difference was about
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The Night Train Swimmers remain out of mobile phone range, but information keeps leaking out on how the team of 6 swimmers are handling the 228-mile adventure from Gaviota State Park to a beach near the San Diego Yacht Club. As of lunchtime on Sunday, almost 70 hours after the Night Train Swimmers started, the
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Team Kizuna, a Japanese relay team with 11 members swam across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in 6 hours 40 minutes this past week. Team Kizuna used 3 escort boats to get its 11 swimmers in and out as each swimmer swam for their short stints before exchanging to the next swimmer. Each
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Linda Kaiser Honored In Hawaii Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Famed channel swimmer and waterwoman Linda Kaiser was inducted this week into the Hawaii Waterman’s Hall of Fame, organized by the Duke Kahanamoku Foundation. “It is such an honor to get in this Hall of Fame. Only 3 other women have ever gotten in
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Tomi Stefanovski travels the world to compete on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix marathon swimming circuit. As the senior statesman of the professional circuit, he finally won his first major race at the age of 42: the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean. The former water polo player competed in his first FINA Open
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Given the second chance to complete a circumnavigation around Manhattan Island, nine swimmers including Kristian Rutford, Nicole Hirschman, Frank Levy, Karen Throsby, Caitlin Rosen, Phyllis Ho, James Penrose, Jim Neitz, and Steven Green took the NYC Swim up on the offer. All nine held up on their side of the bargain: successful swims around Manhattan
Quietly, 9 Swimmers Complete The Circle In Manhattan Read More »
During the third night of the Night Train Swimmers 228-mile southward journey along the California coast, the team passed within 2 miles of the town of Avalon on Catalina Island. Like Cindy Cleveland and Forest Nelson, the only humans to ever circumnavigate the island, the team had to opportunity to swim along Catalina Island as
Swimming WIth Seals, Afraid Of Apex Read More »
When people from different backgrounds and ages come together in a team effort and are faced with adversary and challenges, they either come together and unite to become greater than the sum of the individuals – or they fall apart in blame-calling, frustration, and disappointment. The Taupo x 3 in New Zealand, the Mexican American
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The two teams started right on time at the inaugural Ka’iwi Channel Swim this morning on Kepuhi Beach on the western shores of Molokai Island – and they nearly finished together on Sandy Beach on Oahu. Co-race director Steve Haumschild called it right when he predicted a safe crossing of the 28-mile (45 km) channel
Wikiwiki Swimming At The Inaugural Ka’iwi Channel Swim Read More »