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Skip Storch, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer, has his hands full of water right now…and he needs help in the post-Hurricane Sandy aftermath. The man who swam a 32 hour 52 minute triple circumnavigation of Manhattan Island in 2008 has been managing difficulties all his life. And he is now reaching […]
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While the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation and the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association were holding their annual banquets in Southern California on Saturday, their counterparts in Dover, England were enjoying their own festivities on the same day. The successful swimmers of the 2012 season who crossed the English Channel under the governance of the Channel
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The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association held its annual banquet on the same day of the Channel Swimming Association and the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. As one of the youngest channel organizations on the planet, the Association has been growing significantly in recent years. “We had years with one swim…but we just had 19 successful
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While the Channel Swimming Association was honoring its heroes and heroines of the 2012 season in the Dover Town Hall, their Pacific Ocean colleagues of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation were honoring its own champions at its annual banquet in San Pedro, California. The following swimmers and relays were officially ratified as members of the
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Sandra Denius Wright is the Tourism Special Projects Coordinator of Alleghany Highlands, Virginia. She had a dream about the open water that will be come true in 2013. It is a heartwarming story. One that begins in her childhood. Denius grew up in the Alleghany Highlands in the state of Virginia known for its breathtaking
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This article is taken from Skegness, Mablethorpe And Alford News of June 26th 1929 and was headlined Miss Gleitz swims the Wash – Successful at Third Attempt – Butterwlk to Heacham in 13 1/4 hours. Miss Mercedes Gleitz, the Channel swimmer who gave exhibitions at the Skegness bathing Pool during White Week, succeeded last Thursday
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Perhaps you are one in seven people on the planet who are estimated to have a mutation in their ACTN3 gene. This mutation causes a deficiency in alpha-actinin-3, a protein that effects fast-twitch-fiber activity. Studies in elite athletes have shown that the ACTN3 gene may influence endurance athletes. So while the non-mutant version of the
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From Indonesia to Japan to New Jersey, natural disasters have wiped out innumerable lives and vast areas of human development in the recent past. While images online and on television are horrific, these disasters can hit home when you personally know someone who lost their lives or their property due to the ravages of Mother
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Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros of Spain is one of those double-armers who muscle their way in the open water. Coached and documented by Jose Diaz of Nadandolibre, Héctor joins butterflying open water swimmers like Vicki Keith (Canada), Gail Rice (USA), Julie Bradshaw MBE (UK), Paolo Cerizzi (Italy), Dan Projansky (USA), Charles Chapman Jr. (USA), and Brenton
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The first Sharkfest Swim was the Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim in San Francisco Bay in 1993. The event was a hit, but the series took time to expand. Michelle Ruettinger of Enviro-Sports explains, “The second Sharkfest Swim didn’t happen until 2009. It was the San Diego Sharkfest Swim. And every year since then we’ve been adding
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