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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
What is truly admirable among endurance athletes and marathon swimmers is their passion and interest in the success of their colleagues, comrades and compatriots. Fast or slow, young or old, newbie or veteran, the open water swimmers pull for each other, knowing that Mother Nature is the greatest foe. As the channel swimming season kicks […]
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Lewis Pugh will be among the inductees in the 2013 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies to be held during the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland in October. While he is primarily known for his cold-water swims in Antarctica, across the North Pole, and up 5,200 meters on Mount Everest, Pugh
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the Tsugaru Channel swimming season ready to kick-off with Triple Crown swimmer Brad McVetta‘s attempt this coming week, there is always a need to keep channel swimmers illuminated during the dark and nighttime hours. The long-established channel associations (e.g., Channel Swimming Association, Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, Catalina
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12 men and 12 women from 16 countries will compete in the 35th Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Québec, Canada. The field is highlighted by the participation of two 2012 Olympic 10K marathon swimming medalists: Richard Weinberger of Canada and Martina Grimaldi of Italy. Given her tremendous swimming accomplishments thus far in 2013, it
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With names like Arctic, Glacier, Winter, Polar, Peak, Cool Wave, Breeze, Chillow, ChiliPad, OptiCool, AirCool, and iComfort with Cool Action, open water swimmers might be mistaken what these brand names represent. Do the names represent special goggles for cold water swimmers? No. Swimsuits for extreme swimmers? Nope. Events organized by Colin Hill or the Russians
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Oswald Schmidt and Paschal Horgan, organisers of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland, announced the showing of the documentary film Defeating Oceans Seven starring Stephen Redmond, to the participants in the conference on October 11th-13th. Defeating Oceans Seven is a film shot under rough seas and produced by Wolfgang Merkel and the
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If you enjoy warm water filled with marine life with a clarity and tranquility rarely matched anywhere in the world, the Cayman Islands is one of the world’s greatest locations is enjoy open water swimming. Marvelous, magical, magnificent. Between the 3 islands of the country – Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brace – and
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When a book’s first page before the Table of Contents states, “In accordance with the Official Secrets Act, the names of the soldiers of the British SAS, and the places in which they served, have been changed to protect their identity,” we know we are going to immensely enjoy the read. But with such an
There is an annual phenomenon of millions of sardines traveling around Durban up the east coast of South Africa that occurs sometime between May to July. It is one of the world’s most interesting marine spectacles that attracts man as well as all kinds of marine life. Due to this phenomenon, there are several sporting
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