To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
According to a recent World Heath Federation survey, 18% of women in the United Kingdom say they never do exercise or exert themselves at all. 54% of British women reported that they had not done any exercise in the previous week. From our Left Coast outpost in California, this report flies in the face of […]
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The line-up at the start of open water swims is always an interesting test of character, fair play and personality. The start of open water swims is usually quite clear and simple: a line in the sand, the water’s edge, a rope. Why is it that some swimmers have this need to jump the starting
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The clouds are forming, the wind is picking up, the water looks foreboding. You are excited to swim, but there is a slight apprehension that the open water swim will be more difficult than you anticipated. You are standing on the shoreline and looking out over the course. You are not quite sure exactly where
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The anticipation of the race is over; the butteflies are gone; the worry is over. You just started the race and so many sensations are bombarding your mind. The water is a bit cool and there is chaos around you. People to your left, people to your right. Your heart is beating fast and you’re
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Matteo Testa, Director of Bewater and organizer of the ProSwim Challenge in the Mediterranean Sea in Italy and Spain, sent in photos of a marvelous new 3-race event in Italy, Spain and France. On left is a photo of the field coming back from the Swim the Island event, a course around the Marine Protected
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Two-time Australian Olympian Melissa Gorman stood on the shore at the State Sand To Surf in Mount Maunganui before round five of the 2012-2013 State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Glacing over the course and towards the horizon, the course seemed calm. With New Zealand’s best in Cara Baker and Charlotte Webby also standing onshore,
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Australian 2-time marathon swimming Olympian Ky Hurst won Saturday’s State Sand To Surf in Mount Maunganui. Hurst beat fellow Aussie Josh Richardson and Auckland’s Phillip Ryan in round five of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Chalk up the victory to his navigational sense: Hurst took a different line than everyone else right from
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According to the 2008 United States Census data, there are 50,226,000 Americans (23.8 million men and 26.4 million women) who swim at least 6 times per year – and for many, many times more. After exercise walking, exercising with equipment, and camping, swimming is the third most popular exercise activity in the country of 310+
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Decades ago, pairs of professional marathon swimmers used to compete as 2-person teams in the 24 Heures La Tuque. Its course was a mile-plus swim around the shoreline of a circular lake in Quebec, Canada. Around and around the lake they went day and night for 24 non-stop hours, one person swimming at a time.
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Speedo is nearly 100 years old and was started in Sydney in 1918. The company has remained innovative and competitive over the past century. Its primary competitors are much younger: TYR Sport is not yet 30 years old and was started in Huntington Beach, California in 1985. Arena is a brand created by Adidas France
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