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Did Elvis Presley get stung? Apparently so… And so have multitudes of other open water swimmers and triathletes year-round during their training and during their competitions around the world. If you have ever got stung by a jellyfish (or two or three) in the ocean, please tell us as many details as you can remember […]
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There are certain Badges of Honour among open water swimmers, triathletes, surfers, and other marine sports enthusiasts. Badges of Honour are simple descriptions of profound and unique personal experiences that are intimately shared among millions of open water swimmers and triathletes. The ten most common Badges of Honour are listed below. Quite often, these descriptions
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Tierney wanted to know what amount of stress he places on his heart during each swim in the Serpentine, especially when the water is cold. “I want to understand what happens when I swim,” explains Tierney. “I mostly train on my own, and the Heart rate monitor helps
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John Tierney of the Serpentine Swimming Club penned this poem: Some say that swimming is boring, perhaps a trifle dull, Splashing past chlorinated lane ropes, with very little to mull. But other places are more profound, such as in lake, river and sea, Like many a dry-docked Londoner, it’s the Serpentine for me. It’s open
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Spatial awareness is a critical talent that can be developed by an open water swimmer and triathlete. If an athlete is not gifted with innate spatial awareness, then they must work on it to improve. For an open water swimmer and triathlete, what is spatial awareness? Spatial awareness is the ability of an athlete in
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Carissa Moore is changing the face of surfing. The Honolulu native is the world surfing professional champion and became the first woman to receive a wildcard entry into the men’s Triple Crown of Surfing. Personable and attractive, her voice is rapidly becoming more influential as she emerges as one of surfing leading spokeswomen and talents.
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Ten Big Ideas for the future Open Water Swimming, predicted in 2013 by the World Open Water Swimming Association
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Randy Perkins of Seattle, Washington, also known as the Conquistador with his latest exploit, recently joined a pantheon of extreme swimming greats when he crossed the Strait of Magellan this January. Situated between Chile and Argentina at the tip of South America and Tierra del Fuego, the waterway is the unpredictable gateway between the Pacific
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“I was swimming, but I wasn’t conscious,” explains Ted Erikson often when describing his Farallon Islands swim to the Golden Gate Bridge in 1967, a feat that has yet to be replicated. He competed against Greta Andersen and Abdul Latif Abou Heif in the heydays of the 1960’s professional marathon swimming circuit, the 1960’s English
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “You won’t kill yourself,” were the first and repeated encouraging words from the die-hard members of the Serpentine Swimming Club in London. Their advice was “to get in, get on with it, and get out when you need to.” The problem with that strategy is that I am admittedly
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