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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
35-year old Prakash Nadar from Mumbai, India has been physically challenged in his life with polio in both legs. But that has not stopped the 35-year-old from taking 18 hours – from 12 noon to 6 am the following day – from Gateway of India to Rewas in Raigad in the Arabian Sea, an unprecedented […]
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On Sunday, Dr. Otto Thaning became the oldest person, at the age of 72, to complete a Robben Island crossing. His time of 2 hours 19 minutes across the 7 km expanse of cold water from Robben Island to Blouberg Beach was faster than his 2007 time of 2 hours 37 minutes at the age
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Dan O’Connor has always enjoyed long distance swimming the the pool. The University of North Carolina swimmer has recently added open water swimming to his wheelhouse. Ashley Twichell, like O’Connor an upstate New Yorker who went to college in the state of North Carolina, interviews him on his emerging interest in open water swimming. Twichell:
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Jennifer Figge remains on the island of Sal in Cape Verde off the western coast of Africa waiting for Captain Tamas and crew to arrive. Soon after their arrival expected within 3 days, Figge will head off on her fourth continuous stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean where she combines swimming and boarding her boat
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When you eat your favorite dish of your grandmother, chow down a barbeque meal prepared by your father, or devour your mother’s mouth-watering pies, your taste buds are embossed in sensations that are indescribably familiar and satisfying. The effort, time and skills in preparing a delicious meal is not insubstantial. The Japanese, well-known for presenting
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Michael Ventre from Botswana added another notch to his impressive open water swimming resume last month. The English Channel (15 hours 18 minutes) and Molokai Channel (22 hours 30 minutes) swimmer has endurance in his blood (#31 on the Oceans Seven list), ice in his veins (Winter Swimming World Championships) with courage to boot (Robben
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Philip Slater, the author of The Pursuit of Loneliness, a bestselling book in America published in 1970, lives by the Pacific Ocean and is admittedly addicted to the beauty and drama of the ocean. The Santa Cruz-based transplanted Californian is a sociologist and Renaissance Man with stints as a merchant seaman, professor at Brandies University,
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Two Million Swimmers – The Courage Of Dennis And Dewey Courtesy of WOWSA, Back on April 7th 1942, Dennis and Dewey Million were born 3 months premature. But the Million twins were little fighters from the day they were born. Unfortunately, they both lost most of their vision during their time in the hospital incubator.
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Do you carefully listen to pre-race instructions and understand the race course and all the possible conditions you may face in an open water race? In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional book “A Scandal in Bohemia”, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes discusses the difference between seeing and observing with his friend and assistant Dr. Watson
Do You See In The Open Water Or Do You Observe? Read More »
What would a personal ad section be if it were only comprised of open water swimmers?
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