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Swim Across America – Long Island Sound Open Water Swim raised over US$1 million with 950 swimmers last year. But race director Tony Sibio has sights on even bigger goals for the charity swim, one of the oldest and largest in all of the Swim Across America events. “We are entering our 21st season. Swimmers […]
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As the surf kicks up and the summer ocean swimming season kicks off in Southern California, the importance of body surfing among competitive ocean swimmers always comes up. As swimmers approach the shore taxed physically, it is often aerobically difficult to pick up the kick and body surf in. Matty Mitchell and Hank Wise often
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In open water swims with an onshore finish, there is usually either a competitive urge to run up the beach as fast as possible in order to catch a fellow competitor, or an acknowledgement that you cannot or will not push your body any further as you walk up or trot towards the finish. There
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Anneka Sakovich is organizing the fourth annual Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race and Ocean Festival this Saturday around the renowned Santa Monica Pier in Southern California. The charity event on behalf of the Heal The Bay includes a 1-mile ocean swim as well as a 250m junior ocean swim, run-swim-run biathlon (400m-400m-400m), SUP and paddleboard
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This weekend, numerous pods of open water swimmers were practicing swimming around the Huntington Beach (California) pier for this week’s upcoming 63rd annual Huntington Beach Pier Swim. Shooting the pier is usually a surfing move between the pilings of the pier, but several swimmers were shooting the pier in preparation for the annual pier swim
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Endurance Aventure is organizing the 35th Traversée internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Québec, Canada. With over 10,000 km of courses created and managed, Endurance Aventure is now adding over 40 km of in-water competitions. But the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog, held between August 1st and 4th this year, is much more than the annual
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In a study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Australian researchers found that people who regularly apply sunscreen are 24% less likely to show signs of increased aging. They make a recommendation: lather up and do it every day. Without fail. “Protecting yourself from skin cancer by using sunscreen regularly has the
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The Lagos State Water Regatta is a water-based cultural sporting and recreational activities in Lagos, Nigeria. The annual event in April includes a 250m open water swimming competition across the Five Cowrie Creek lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria. The event also includes JetSkiing races, decorated floats and regatta boats from different communities, canoe races, kayak races,
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EPA photographed a statue of Indian spiritual leader and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee Sri Chinmoy in the flooded Vltava river in central Prague, Czech Republic. He is the namesake of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team that holds many athletic events worldwide including the International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen. His students have completed extraordinary feats
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For people who love adventure, for individuals who enjoy the outdoors lifestyle, for those who yearn to travel and explore the world, Mark Beaumont certainly lives the life. The Top Scot has been around the world cycling, rowing, exploring. And now he has gotten into swimming. He does it with a wetsuit while swimming 4
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