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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus is a book written by American author John Gray. The relationship counselor explains that most of the relationship problems between men and women result from fundamental differences between the genders and describes men and women as coming from distinct planets. If […]
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Kūlia i ka nu‘u is a Hawaiian-language term that literally means “strive to reach the summit”. It is a traditional Hawaiian value of accomplishment and achievement. According to Managing With Aloha, people with this value continually pursue improvement and personal excellence. For these individuals, the most satisfying competition is with themselves. They consider their life
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Harry Yates was a great Atlantic City Beach Patrol Captain and part of the 1936 national lifeguard championship team from Atlantic City, New Jersey. After six decades of patrolling the beach rescuing swimmers and resolving situations, Yates left quite a legacy in Atlantic City and became the namesake of the Harry Yates Memorial Swim. The
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Many open water swimming associations around the world have put limitations on the age of children who can swim in its events or venues, from the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation and FINA to many national governing bodies. Many of these organizations have set the minimum age as 14 years old. The question frequently comes
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While the race director may be the most visible and wanted person in the lead-up and organization of an open water race, there are so many more volunteers involved from the lifeguards and sound system engineers to the physicians and goodie bag stuffers…and start/finish helpers, course marshals, body marking crew, race officials, check-in staff, Clerk
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Jennifer Figge took 31 days to complete her stage swim from Brava in Cape Verde off the coast of Africa to Gran Riviere, Trinidad. The total distance was 2,186 nautical miles (4,048 km), She swam a total of 139 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, covering a cumulative total of 300 miles. She started on Cape
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American marathon swimmer Darren Miller, tied for fourth on the global Oceans Seven list, calculated the average crossing of the 21-mile North Channel between Scotland and Ireland as part of his research. He found the average time to be 13 hours 56 minutes based on 17 different successful crossings between 1947 and 2011. This historical
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By all accounts, open water swimming is expanding in unprecedented ways. The number of events, the number of participants, the number of locations, the number of races entered annually by each participant, the number of women, the amount of pro races, the number of televised swims, the number of associations and organizations, and the number
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The Travessia Mar Grande Salvador is 15 km of an ocean challenge where the athlete is alone with their thoughts, worries and dreams. But leaving the shore and arriving at the finish is something to relish for every finisher. “The rhythmic music and the Brazilian energy were so evident all over the place,” said American
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Kathie Hewko is a real estate agent from Petaluma, California who specializes in swimming underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Back and forth, she has swum across the mouth of the San Francisco Bay for 37 consecutive years smiling every stroke of the way. In April 2013, Hewko will reach her 38-year anniversary where the water
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