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Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. It is the largest and most populous of the three ABC islands (for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) of the Lesser Antilles. Its Swim for the Roses is part of a charity series of running, cycling and swimming events held every January where […]
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If there is anyone who has taken the sport of open water swimming hook, line and sinker, it is El Sharko, otherwise known as Christopher Blakeslee. The stalwart of the San Francisco Bay community and South End Rowing Club is one the oldest swimmers of the English Channel. He joined the Half Century Club on
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“He’s a fish outta water.” That comment is made frequently about good swimmers by their less aquatically-oriented friends on terra firma. It certainly applies to Evan Morrison, a business data analyst from Santa Barbara, California who co-founded the Marathon Swimmers Forum. The friendly face and graduate of Princeton University has turned his life-long passion for
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First it was Nuala Moore and Anne Marie Ward who joined Nejib Belhedi on his 1400K Swim Across Tunisia along the entire coastline of Tunisia. Now it is Stuart Hyde and Thomas Noblett of the Windermere 12-way Warriors who will join in his Swim of Peace that will now be extended to Hyde Park. “There’ll
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Ken Barcinas and Pilar Shimizu won last year’s boy’s and girl’s division at the annual Cocos International Crossing in Guam. The Cocos International Crossing is a 3.52 km channel crossing from the uninhabited Cocos Island to Merizo Pier on the main island of Guam. The race has been held continuously since 1990 and is hosted
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Doug Woodring announced the Oceanic Big Five to celebrate World Oceans Day. “Open water swimmers, surfers, sailors, divers and paddlers have an IOU for the ocean and now it’s time to give back. Get your friends, teams or communities together, and create an ocean clean-up in places that normal beach cleanups might not take you.
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In a recent interview about his future in the sport of swimming, Michael Phelps told Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated, “I’m so sick of the water. Even when I go to the beach with my friends. They’re like, ‘Why won’t you get in?’ And I’m like, ‘Do you have any IDEA how much of my
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The U.S. Coast Guard seeks public input on how best to prevent recreational boating casualties caused by propeller strikes. The Coast Guard, in particular, seeks comments on specific measures to protect recreational boaters in the water near the stern of a recreational vessel. The Coast Guard also seeks additional ideas, specific data, and other facts
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Star Burns Brightly To Make It Safe4Athletes Katherine Star is hosting a SAFE4ATHLETES cocktail party fundraiser at the home of Richard Riordan, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, on June 26th. Star explains the reason for the fundraiser, “For too many years, male and female athletes who have been abused by their coaches – physically,
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Intel co-founder Gordon Moore described Moore’s Law that predicts the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles every two years. While Moore’s Law does not specify exactly how a computer chip gets smaller, cheaper and faster, the well-noted rule of thumb predicts that they have steadily done so and
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