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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. He woke up before the crack of dawn and started to sweat. Every time, he woke up, he started to sweat. What he was about to embark on was always risky. Illegal and risky. But he had to swim in the Charles River, a slow-moving meandering river that emptied […]
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Why Are Two Boats Used To Cross The Tsugaru Channel? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Way back in 1990 when Steven Munatones crossed the Tsugaru Channel, he used 2 escort boats,” explained Yuko Matsuzaki of the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association and daughter of the former director of the Japanese Coast Guard. “While each major
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Information from British newspapers on the today’s tragedy in the English Channel: Mail Online, Sky News, The Independent, and Mirror News.
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Not only did Michelle Macy become the third person in history to achieve the Oceans Seven, she also did it while flying across the North Channel. The Oregon resident completed her final leg of the Oceans Seven in 9 hours 34 minutes 39 seconds, a new world record for the North Channel. Macy dipped under
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The 9th annual Sheko Challenge and Trisolothon continues to grow with 185 athletes of all ages and abilities taking part. The 2.2 km Sheko Challenge brought together Hong Kong’s top swimmers, triathletes, and adventure racers for a point-to-point swim from Big Wave Bay in Sheko to the Back Beach. Eric Johnson, a fabulously fit 50-some-year-old
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Even Morrison of the Marathon Swimmers Forum reported on the unprecedented and successful 6-way crossing of the Catalina Channel by Team FTD. For 61 hours 7 minutes, the team of Tina Neill, Kent Nicholas, Emily Evans, Forrest Nelson, Becky Jackman-Beeler, and Mike Mitchell took advantage of the relatively pleasant swimming conditions from Wednesday evening to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California At yesterday’s 32nd annual Peaks to Portland Swim, 375 swimmers took to the 2.4-mile swim from Peaks Island to Portland, Maine under sunny skies. 23 of the swimmers braved the water without wetsuits with most of the participants guided by an escort kayaker. In a nod to safety, the
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Although there is occasionally peer pressure among hardened open water swimmers to swim further, swim in increasingly colder bodies of water, and swim in turbulent seas, it is best to keep your own counsel and know your limits. There is no need to swim in situations where you are uncomfortable or unsure of yourself. There
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Is it any wonder that someone as passionate about open water swimming like Ben Stubenberg moved to Turks & Caicos? The California native is the Co-Race Director together with Chloe Zimmerman of the Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim. He serves as the Turks & Caicos Islands Swim Federation president and was instrumental in creating the
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Drury Gallagher of Swim Free first popularized the name Swim Free Angel™ and swim angels in 2009. While the term had been used on and off previously in the 20th century, the use and identification of swim angels has really exploded in myriad events over the last several years from Africa to America. A swim
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