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Antonio Argüelles is highlighted by Samantha Michaels in Outside Magazine Online. Never without his goggles, the two-time member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a multi-lingual author, innovative businessman, Stanford University graduate, and a celebrated marathon athlete in Mexico who has truly led an adventurous life. He accepts and relishes risks, and […]
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Cesar Harada is currently on the open ocean promoting and building his open source sailing drone. Harada and his fellow entrepreneurs at Protei are part of the Unreasonable At Sea initiative, currently traveling over 25,000 nautical miles to 13 countries. His ship-based location seems entirely appropriate since he and his team is developing ocean drones
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Remarkable. Astonishing. Heroic. These are some of the words used to describe open water swimmers by their land-based admirers. Crazy. Impossible. Unreasonable. Are some other words that can be described by some of what open water swimmers attempt. To each their own. But unreasonable has been used to described many people throughout history who have
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Parts of Queensland’s coastline was covered in sea foam this week. We cannot imagine swimming offshore as this wall of foam was descending along the Sunshine Coast. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Coach Mike Collins filmed portions of the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario, the first stop on the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit that took place this weekend in Argentina. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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What NASA sees from above, open water swimmers experience first-hand every day. These animations based on data from NASA satellites on the left show ocean surface currents between 2005 and 2007. The movement of water as seen from above is fascinating to behold. The macro level is magnificent. And ocean swimmers feel this movement of
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Melinda Kemp, Nick Owen, Ingilby Dickson, David Verlinden and Sam Paynter attempted the first two-way crossing of Port Phillip Bay, at the treacherous rip at the heads in Melbourne, Australia. It was an unprecedented – and successful – group swim of 7.8 km that took 2 hours 22 minutes between Point Nepean and Pt Lonsdale
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In the first leg of the 2013 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup this weekend in Santos, Brazil, the heavy favorite was double Olympic medalist Thomas Lurz of Germany. Lurz remains at his peak even in his mid-30s. But it was Romain Beraud of France who came out ahead. And Lurz was not even in
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Turbulent water, huge seas, scary sharks, venomous jellyfish, massive tidal flows, extreme temperatures, oncoming currents…many open water swimmers enjoy overcoming the challenges of the open water. But the simple joy of a tranquil setting under pristine conditions is also a welcomed treat for many. And so it was at the South Africa’s Eastern Province Open
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While Esther Nuñez handily won the women’s race at the Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina, it was a dog fight down to the end among the men. Simone Ercoli had just a little bit left in the tank at the end as he pulled out an exciting victory in 1:51:03 while second
Italians Go 1-2 In Rosario’s Grand Prix Read More »