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After wowing the audience at the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in a keynote address, Craig Dietz took to the sea at the Swim Across America event in Long Beach on Sunday. Dietz attempted to swim 10km for the first time in his life. “I do not want to look back and not try something,” […]
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…what can kind of hand signal can you give to your open water swimmer to warn them if you are a paddler, kayaker or coach? Hank Wise and Lexie Kelly show you what the coaches at the Open Water Swimming Club do. It’s the seaweed signal. The hand signal for J is commonly used for
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Doug Woodring is preparing for the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong for Saturday’s race. 45 boats, 8 paddlers, and 55 teams will take part in what is expected to offer good headwinds and ocean swells on part of the 15km course. For watermen and waterwomen, The Wall presents a great opportunity to
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Powerful imagery. Powerful people. Powerful jellyfish. Powerful concept to attempt to swim from San Francisco to Santa Barbara down the California coast. Enjoy the scenes with Zack Jirkovsky, Phil Cutti, Dave Holscher, Kim Chambers, Patti Bauernfeind, Joseph Locke, and Captain Vito Bialla of the Night Train Swimmers. SF to SB 1 from vito bialla on
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Pilar Geijo of Argentina was the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. Her acceptance speech at the World Open Water Swimming Awards on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California last week was as heartfelt and genuine as she always in during competition and on land. Her speech was as follows: First
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The life and times of Joey Pedraza is international to say the least. Lexie Kelly of Open Water Source interviewed the Cuba-born American marathon swimmer who is representing his adopted country for the first time at a FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup competition in Hong Kong. Kelly: On the eve of your first FINA
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After completing back-to-back channel swims from Anacapa Island including shattering the course record, Jim McConica called it a week today. Despite having plans and a crew ready for a full week of battle in the Pacific Ocean between Anacapa Island and the California mainland, the Not-So-Old Man and the Sea called for a truce. McConica
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers can be expressive in a variety of ways: verbally or artistically. Some view their skin as part of that public expression. Csaba Gercsak is a two-time Olympian marathon swimmer who combined his Olympic achievements and his passion for open water swimming into one colorful tattoo on
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Investment banker Doug McConnell continues to step up his game in the open water swimming world. Last week, he completed his second channel of the Oceans Seven with a 12 hour 41 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel. His swim benefitted the Les Turner ALS Foundation of Skokie, Illinois. Known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s
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Pool swimming continues to follow the lead of the open water swimming world. FINA and the world’s elite swimmers will soon start competing in 4×50 mixed-gender relays for the first time in history. At the FINA World Cup swim meet in Dubai, the teams will consist of two men and two women. So while the
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