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The S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge swimmers are off on their longest leg, 17 miles (27.3 km) along the ruggedly beautiful Apache Lake in Arizona. If the winds pick up, and whistle in the opposite direction of the swimmers, it is going to be a long day as the lake narrows at time and serves as a […]
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No two individuals have a greater influence on their country’s open water swimming culture than Richard Broer and Niek Kloots (shown on left). The long-time Dutch open water enthusiasts have served in every possible role within the open water swimming community in the Netherlands. And over the years, they have collectively pushed for and implemented
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“Tomorrow is the long one, 17 miles total, the longest of the four stages. But today was a great day [in Canyon Lake],” recalled David Barra of Day 2 in the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in the state of Arizona. “Last year, I recall this swim was a lot harder. But we had mostly tail winds
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The 10 km marathon swimming competition at the 2013 Universiade (World University Games) will be held in the Kazan Rowing Centre. The Rowing Centre has hosted a number of high-level canoe and rowing championship events before, both domestically and internationally. It will also be the site of the 5 km, 5 km team pursuit, 10
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Oceans Seven includes 2 channels in the United Kingdom (North Channel and English Channel), 1 channel in the Mediterranean (Strait of Gibraltar), 1 channel in Oceania (Cook Strait), and 3 channels in the Pacific Ocean (Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel and Tsugaru Channel). Like nearly every channel around the
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The Tahoe Rough Water Swim is a new lake swim organized by Jamie Patrick and Paul Lundgren with a number of special twists. The event is 1.2 miles long and 1.2 miles high, up in the beautiful lake of Lake Tahoe between California and Nevada. The race will be held on September 14th, one week
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With Ned Denison traveling from Ireland to the desert to Arizona in the American Southwest to compete in the S.C.A.R Swim Challenge, we wondered how many Irish swimmers have done major swims in the western part of America or along its West Coast. Precious few, it turns out. Besides Denison, Stephen Redmond, and Eddie Irwin,
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With Roger Finch traveling from South Africa to the desert to Arizona in the American Southwest to compete in the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, we researched how many South Africans have done major swims in the western part of America. Besides Finch, only Michele Santilhano of South Africa has completed a swim across the Catalina Channel
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The Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series had close to 2,500 swimmers participate in its races during the 2013 season. Writer Ellie Gleeson explains her reasons why ocean swimming is Australia’s new “it” sport: “It’s beautiful. Australia has the best beaches in the world. The best. Travel anywhere and I guarantee you’ll land back
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The Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series had close to 2,500 swimmers participate in its races during the 2013 season. Writer Ellie Gleeson explains her reasons why ocean swimming is Australia’s new “it” sport: “It’s free. Well, some competitive events have an entry fee but this is usually small. What I mean is –
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