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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Vincent Wood is a retired executive from California who formerly owned a steel fabrication business. The 75-year-old former Marine is now enjoying his retirement years as an open water swimmer in the Pacific Ocean up and down the coast of California. “I swim because I find it is the only exercise I can do reasonably […]
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In September 1979, the 58-year-old James “Doc” Counsilman stepped into the waters of the English Channel, attempting to become the oldest man at that time to successfully complete the challenging swim. What made the swim even more difficult for Counsilman was that four years earlier, he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. The 30-minute documentary
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Open water swimming in the desert is like going to the moon or winning a Nobel prize. Few people imagined it and even fewer achieved it. But times have changed. What was previously impossible is now deemed possible, especially in the open water swimming world. Man-made desert lakes have long been an Arizona open water
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Setúbal Bay. In endurance or extreme sports, many rivals know each other well. They understand what each athlete has to do, what they must sacrifice and how they both train. They know they put in the hours and accept the rigors of their sport. So when they meet at a competition, smiles, handshakes and hugs
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Drury Gallagher, one of the giants of pool masters swimming and marathon swimming, was honored with the Irving Davids – Captain Roger Wheeler Award yesterday at the International Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies. The International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Irving Davids – Captain Roger Wheeler Award was established in 1970 by the New England Marathon
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The new 26-mile Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET) in the mighty Red River of the North will run from Grand Forks in North Dakota to Oslo, Minnesota on July 21st. While the race is open to kayakers (single or double), canoers, surfskiers, stand-up paddle boarders and relay swimmers (with 2-6 members), the eyes
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The Swim Across America Baltimore event on September 23rd offers a free 16-week Michael Phelps Swim School program. Chairperson Debbie Dawson explains, “Swimmers have the choice of the pool or open water swims in our efforts to support The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. At Swim Across America, our events are dedicated
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Professor Joel Rosentsweig is a former college professor in Southern California who took up swimming at the age of 77 because he could not run anymore. Over the next five years, he transformed his aerobic base developed on land to swimming up and down a local pool. But his daughter planted a seed in her
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With thousands of swimmers gearing up for various kinds of open water swims over the next several months, everyone is gearing up for all kinds of weather and water conditions. Predictions are usually hopeful, commonly optimistic and rarely accurate – and completely in line with the open water swimming mantra, Expect the Unexpected. Just hope
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Marisa Frieder, who blazed the 11-mile traverse in the Willamette River through Portland, Oregon, and founder of the Portland Bridge Swim, revealed details of the 2012 swim through downtown Portland on July 22nd. The river course takes swimmers through the heart of the city and under all 11 of its bridges. This year, competition is
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