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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
While sharks are usually the marine creatures that most strike fear in the hearts of open water swimmers, it is jellyfish that are usually the things that create pain and discomfort among swimmers who unfortunately find themselves in a jellyfish encounter. But there are several other creatures that not only strike fear in open water […]
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From Doug Woodring and the Plastic Disclosure Project (www.plasticdisclosure.org): Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Singapore’s first Ocean Film Festival will occur February 26th – March 3rd 2013. Organized by Ocean Recovery Alliance, for more information visit www.oceanrecov.org. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Belen Gaberione of the Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná announced the 24 athletes are entered in the 88 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event from Hernandarias to Paraná in Argentina on February 10th. Most of these swimmers will also be competing in the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario 2 weeks before and the
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Stephen Coulter, co-founder of iSwimtoo, reported an unprecedented 13.3 km swim from Manly to Bondi, two of Australia’s most famous beaches in Sydney. “A group of 10 swimmers – ages ranging from 30 to 50 – with a support crew swam from Manly to Bondi. This is an exceptionally challenging swim, especially with a southerly
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Sharks are the most feared creatures in the ocean for most open water swimmers. See a fin in the ocean and all kinds of fear strike the heart of an open water swimmer. But divers, marine biologists, surfers, triathletes and swimmers from California to Australia to South Africa encounter sharks. Dr. Erich Ritter, a shark
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many people believe that sharks mistake a human with a black wetsuit. But we have never bought into that opinion (fact?). It just does not make any evolutionary sense to us. We think sharks are way too intelligent and selective to make that assumed mistake. Because sharks have been
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In addition to the prizes given to the younger athletes in the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge and the winners in the 17 years and under division in the 500m, 1.25 km, 2.5 km, 5 km, and 10 km races, there were a number of cash winners in the richest masters open
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On the planet Aquarius, there lived a harmonious race of ocean-swimming people. War, famine, and disease never descended upon the astronomical anomaly. The celestial body was blessed with a magnificently varied environment with many different micro-ecosystems. The like-minded race of people were constantly attired in swimwear as they rarely strayed far from water. Their lifestyles
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CNN reported on what is arguably the most dangerous lake in the world: Lake Victoria in Africa. Lake Victoria, the world’s largest tropical lake, spans across Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, and is site of about 5,000 deaths per year according to local authorities. Changeable weather and equatorial storms were the causes of these deaths. Copyright
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