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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Leahi Camacho of Hawaii will attempt to become the youngest person ever to successfully cross the Molokai Channel. This is her story and these are her reasons: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: When did you start thinking about crossing the Molokai Channel? Leahi Camacho: The channel itself I didn’t know much about. But I […]
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Chewing gum is not a complicated activity. Easier than riding a bike and a simple function, there is very little thought-process that goes into chewing gum. But some swimmers – usually under the age of 25 – chew gum during practice in the pool or open water. And that dual activity becomes a bit more
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On August 20th, 1994, a relaxing Hawaiian vacation ended suddenly when Casey Kammel hit his head diving into shallow water of a pool and broke his neck. He sank motionless. Having crushed his C4 vertebrae, Kammel was immediately paralyzed from the neck down and was flown via helicopter to a trauma center on Oahu. At
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John Makinson is an open water swimmer from Long Beach, California. The 71-year-old member of the Long Beach Grunions Masters Swim Team has a love of the water that inspired him to get personalized license plate to represent his passion, nicknaming himself “John Rufwater“. “I grew up in Ocean Beach. I have been in the
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Wild swimming…how wild can it be? As tranquil as you wish, or as gnarly, and risk-taking as you dare. You can enjoy the open water with like-minded friends or challenge yourself with daredevil colleagues. You can swim in water that is close to freezing in Ireland, or through huge surf as it pounds the shores
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Dayna McKay aims to replicate last year’s successful 52 km solo swim between Prince Rupert in British Columbia, Canada and her village of Lax Kw’alaams on June 28th. The 44-year-old McKay calls her swim, The Journey Home as part of her Into The Sea Cancer Free trek (see video below). Swimming to achieve several goals,
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Coasteering is a pentathlon of beach bouldering, open water swimming, cliff diving, spelunking, and rock climbing. The outdoor extreme activity is a mixture of open water swimming, climbing, scrambling, jumping from heights, and traversing the coastline. It is an activity guided and promoted by the International Coasteering Association, an online forum for like-minded individuals and
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Sinclair Flowers was born earlier this year in January. Soon, she became the youngest ambassador of a leading open water swim and the inspiration behind the new logo of the annual Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands. A beautiful grandchild of race founder Frank Flowers and gorgeous daughter of award-winning Caymanian filmmaker Frankie Flowers,
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We have observed that open water swimmers can sleep on a moment’s notice. On escort boats in the high seas, on docks worldwide, on beaches globally, in short hops and long hauls in airplanes, and ferries anywhere anytime, open water swimmers can fall asleep deeply, comfortably, and immediately. One moment you are talking to them,
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