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Ice Exuberance By Jerome Leslie And Elaine Kornbau Howley

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Ice Exuberance By Jerome Leslie And Elaine Kornbau Howley “It was AWESOME. We both succeeded,” recalled Elaine Kornbau Howley about her certified Ice Swim in Boston Harbor with Jerome Leslie. “It was an amazing experience. I’m just thrilled. We’re still retelling tales.” Leslie and Howley‘s exploits were confirmed by the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association. […]

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Harry Raisbeck, A Century Of Excellence

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Harry Raisbeck, a member and president of the Black Rock Icebergers in Melbourne, Australia swam 600m daily through winter until his doctor asked him to stop at the age of 95. He frequently did a winter mile swim in the Brighton Baths in Melbourne. Upon his passing, the Harry Raisbeck Winter Mile race in the

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Stubbornness Leads To Satisfaction And Success

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From point A to point B in the open water is rarely straight. John van Wisse is a 3-time winner of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim as well as a swim coach and channel swimmer who completed a two-way of the English Channel in 19 hours 55 minutes. He swam with a double hernia and

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The Cold Half, The Flip Side Of The Clean Half

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Doug Woodring is now offering the yin to the yang of the Clean Half with a new 15 km winter marathon swim in Hong Kong Island on February 23rd 2013. The Cold Half is modeled after Asia’s most popular marathon swim, the Clean Half, except the water temperature is more to the liking of marathon

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Tool For Officials And Observers – Rite In The Rain

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Whether you serve as an official on the race course or an observer on a channel escort boat, a nice gift can be the Rite in the Rain No. 146 Notebook by the J.L. Darling Corporation. Coaches caught in the rain during practice or reporters jotting down their thoughts on a media boat, the waterproof

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It Takes All Kinds Of Aquatic Athletes

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These athletes in the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Australia this coming January are easily identifiable by their preferred aquatic discipline. It is a great photo that showcases the variety, size and shape of athletes in the water. The Series also includes the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge in Perth’s Swan

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Rosario – Santa Fe – Coronda – Hernandarias – Paraná 2013

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A trio of marathon swims – 160 km in total, nearly 100 miles – will take place in January and February in Argentina. The first race of the trifecta of pro swim is the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internactional Ciudad de Rosario in Rosario. A week later, the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe

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What Is Impeding In Open Water Swimming?

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As in surfing, short track speed skating, boating and car racing, open water swimming has generally accepted etiquette and rules governing impeding, obstruction and overtaking another competitor. However, understanding and officiating these rules varies from race to race, from referee to referee, and from country to country. What is legal in one race or in

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Scott Zornig Swimming For Hope

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Scott Zornig does a lot for others. He is a passionate ocean swimmer who founded Master of The Seas and is currently the president of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association. In a charity swim attempt on behalf of the City of Hope for pediatric cancer research a decade ago, he attempted to swim along

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Campion making Champions In Indonesia

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Dick Campion, an Olympic swimmer from 1960, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Coach, and a former professional marathon swimmer from Australia flew to Sanur, Bali in Indonesia to help the Indonesian Swimming Federation host a 5-day open water swimming clinic for their interested swimming coaches. The desire of the Indonesian Swimming Federation

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Ice Exuberance By Jerome Leslie And Elaine Kornbau Howley

Harry Raisbeck, A Century Of Excellence

Stubbornness Leads To Satisfaction And Success

The Cold Half, The Flip Side Of The Clean Half

Tool For Officials And Observers – Rite In The Rain

It Takes All Kinds Of Aquatic Athletes

Rosario – Santa Fe – Coronda – Hernandarias – Paraná 2013

What Is Impeding In Open Water Swimming?

Scott Zornig Swimming For Hope

Campion making Champions In Indonesia