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Diana Nyad’s first attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida was in 1978 when she swam over 41 hours covering 76 miles before she was pulled out. Then, after a long career in journalism and television where she traveled the world and covered the Olympics, she returned to the sport in 2010. She garnered a […]
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Many swimmers listen to music on their iPod (in their H2O Audio cases), follow other swimmers on their iPhone, read news and search swims in foreign lands on their iPad, and work on their MacBook Air. Information overflow is enabled by their iPod, iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air – or their equivalents in the smartphone,
Doug Stanley of Ridgeline Entertainment will create and produce a 24/7 view of Ben Lecomte’s solo stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco utilizing the latest in tools, equipment and online social media. But at the start and end of the day, good entertainment is about excellent storytelling. There are good reasons why Diana Nyad
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Existential angst, malaise…physical duress…sensory deprivation…swimming in fogged goggles…the majesty of the ocean…trip the mind fantastic…the sport is a microcosism of life itself… Diana Nyad can eloquently describe her swims like few others…in English, German, Spanish… Before she began on her latest quest to swim from Cuba to America, she asked herself, “How do I spend
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Snapping Tortuga launches the Bale of Tortugas on November 10th will feature DIY Olympic marathon swim in Lake Conroe, Texas. Swimmers can compete in a 4-person 10 km relay or swim solo for 10 km. The Snapping Tortuga Swim Series Race Director Tim Floyd said, “With more and more people taking to the open water
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The Global Open Water Swimming Conference is part of a three-day open water swimming extravaganza will offer 2 award ceremonies, book signings, an open water swimming safety panel, a marine artwork exhibition, inspirational and educational presentations by luminaries of the sport, and open water swims that replicate the Olympic Games triathlon swim leg and the
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Niek Kloots and Richard Broer reported at Openwaterswimming Europe that the Dutch Ladies First (Margot Stenveld (23), Desirée Emmen (19), Janneke Harmsen-Bakker (35), Jasmijn Ruijgrok (18), Gemma Middendorp (31) and Linda Hoogendam (28)) broke the recently set record by an American team by more than 30 minutes (18 hours 22 minutes vs. 18 hours 59
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After his triumphant conquests at the 2012 London Olympics, Michael Phelps signed a deal to appear on the Golf Channel reality series The Haney Project — and reportedly to do open water swimming with Great White Sharks in South Africa. Eileen O’Neill, group president of Discovery and TLC that owns the wildly successful Shark Week
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Eleanor Studley Hurd was an American swimmer and an early pioneering open water swimmer. In 1929, the Smith College alumnus become the first woman to swim the Hellespont between Europe and Asia. Studley swam the Hellespont in 80 minutes, beating two other female competitors and becoming the first woman to complete it. Known also as
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Ridgeline Entertainment, producers of The Longest Swim by Ben Lecomte from Japan to California will test its development of SmackDab today at 11 am Los Angeles time. SmackDab is the new social viewing platform for Facebook which Lecomte and Ridgeline Entertainment will use to interact with their online followers around the globe while they are
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