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Arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, has turned 50. How time has unceasingly marched on. In the basketball world, that age is far beyond a player’s prime. The same is true in most athletic endeavors. The body ages and time catches up with you. As strength, stamina and speed decrease, responsibilities […]
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Another gem of a swim has popped up on the tropical ocean swim calendar. The Fiji Pearls Swim is the first open water swim on Fiji’s northern side. The 2 km, 5 km and 10 km swims will be hosted at the Daku Resort and sponsored by J Hunter Pearls with prizes of their unique
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Kirsten Lepore, a prolific Los Angeles-based film director and animator who was named one of the 50 most creative people by Creativity Magazine, does work for a variety of clients: MTV, Yo Gabba Gabba, Newsweek, Whole Foods, Toyota, Facebook, Nickelodeon, Nestle, and Glamour Magazine. Lepore directed and produced the Best Animation film at the 2013
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deborah J. McDonald, Director and Producer of the feature documentary, 50 year old FRESHMAN: Suzanne Heim-Bowen, won her third award for the film at this week’s 2013 Beloit International Film Festival. The recognition was for the Power of Film. The BIFFY award went to McDonald who featured Suzanne Heim-Bowen‘s
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From frolicking as a child in pools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to a collegiate career as a butterflyer at Penn State, software engineer Quinn Carver has been swimming for much of his life. But his career took off when he hit the tropical waters in Hawaii where he currently resides. His inter-island channel crossings in
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Bill Goding has always lent a helping hand. Whether it is mainland visitors to Hawaii or a foreign marathon swimmer attempting to swim between islands, Goding has always ben willing to help. A true waterman and retired Honolulu lifeguard who is skilled in all types of conditions and equipment, he has also done a number
What were the times of open water swimming events in times past? Charles Raphael, a fast local Jersey shore swimmer, set the amateur record for the half-mile distance on August 10th, 1895 when he swam 15 minutes 40 seconds in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey. Earlier in 1895, William Kugler set the
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1. It was epic. 2. She was amazing. 3. He was impressive. 4. It was the roughest it has ever been. 5. It hurt so much. 6. The jellyfish were all over. 7. I didn’t think he would finish. 8. Unbelievable. 9. All the hard work paid off. 10. Conditions were the worse ever. Copyright
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