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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Dana Swanson has always been around water – as a native of San Diego, as a competitive swimmer, at the office in her day job, in the pool keeping fit, in the mountains snowboarding, along the coast skateboarding, or in the Pacific ocean surfing. Swanson describe her classic life-work balance, “My gills dry out if […]
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Turn buoys are some of the most key elements of the open water swimming world. Inflatable, portable floating guide posts of the waterworld. They immediately indicate a point, a turn, a hazard, a shore, a current, a pier, a jetty, rocks or the finish on a loop course, out-and-back course or geometrically shaped courses. In
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The classic 58-minute head-to-head, leave-it-all-in-the-water duel between Ashley Twichell and Emily Brunemann at the 2012 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship 5 km race is shown in its entirety below. “I got touched out by 3 tenths of a second at the world championships so that played on my mind,” said Twichell who won
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Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson. Steve Ovett vs. Sebastian Coe. Arnold Palmer vs. Jack Nicklaus. Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson. Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal. Andy Irons vs. Kelly Slater. Great rivalries in sports showcase intense competition between focused, committed athletes often competing for something larger than themselves: their teammates,
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One of the unique presentations at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference will be an interview with Ben Lecomte during his Longest Swim from Japan to California. In his nearly inconceivable stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco, Lecomte will be swimming day by day as he makes his way across the largest body
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Few people swim across the Molokai Channel, but a lot more challenge themselves in the Maui Channel and millions more surf, scuba dive and swim along the shorelines from Florida to Western Australia. While it is easy to get lost in thought in the midst of the ocean’s beauty, everyone wants peace of mind when
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Swimmers can dream, can’t they? They are celebrities in their own right, no? How great would it be in the iconic Sandycove Island were purchased by a swimmer or a consortium of swimmers? Among Hollywood stars, Mel Gibson owns Mago Island in Fiji while Robin Williams owns Pender Harbor in the colder realm of British
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Brian Suddeth is an open water swimmer from Bowie, Maryland who flys through the water. In 2011, the computer security specialist completed the 1-mile swim at the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim in butterfly without breaking his stroke, an unprecedented feat in the American East Coast classic. Photo courtesy of Margaret Suddeth. Copyright © 2012 by
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20 years on the Potomac is what open water swimmers of all abilities have been enjoying during the Potomac River 7.5 Mile Swim. The classic, held this year on June 2nd, between the states of Virginia and Maryland is a gem according to Franco Prezioso. “I’ll be returning after a very nice experience last year.
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Darren Miller completed the Strait of Gibraltar in 3:42 together with Jen Schumacher, Oliver Wilkinson and Jamie Patrick yesterday to shoot up the Oceans Seven charts. He is now tied for third in the overall rankings, only behind the legendary Irishman Stephen Redmond and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Penny Palfrey of
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