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H2Open Magazine announced its short list of names for its inaugural Open Water Swimming Awards. The Awards, celebrating achievement in the sport of open water swimming in 2011. Nominations were invited from readers and then sent to a multi-national judging panel for a blind vote to create the short list. As fans in Great Britain […]
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H2Open Magazine is now available on your iPad and Android – which should be great for potential subscribers around the world interested in the emerging world of open water swimming. The new app costs £1.99 (US$2.99) to download and that initial subscription comes with one free issue. Subsequent issues cost £2.99 (or US$4.99) with an
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Kane Radford and Melissa Gorman (shown on left) wrapped up the 2011-2012 State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series with their respective victories in the final stage. The 2.8 km King of the Bays race was both participatory with 1,400 swimmers, but also highly competitive among the elie athletes. The top 10 finishers in the series
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Kane Radford won the 2011-2012 New Zealand Ocean Swim Series with the final leg on Auckland’s North Shore at the 2.8 km King of the Bays where 1,400 others also took part. Kane remains on track to qualify for the Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim victory after setting a long-held 1500-meter pool national record at
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Three elite amateur marathon swimmers from America traveled around the world to participate in the Bell Buoy Challenge Swim this week. Jason Malick from Delaware, Denise Everitt of New York and Jen Schumacker of Los Angeles (shown on left) will compete against their South African counterparts on Hobie Beach. Jason has done a handful of
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Simon Griffiths and his team at H2Open Magazine continue to roll-out all kinds of innovations for the open water swimming community. The world’s only fully dedicated open water swimming magazine, launched the 2012 National Open Water Swimming Ranking Series, H2Open Day on April 28th, and is now available on the iPad and Android. Developed for
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Starting in May, 36-year-old Anna Wardley will attempt five circumnavigations around Dragonera in Mallorca, Spain, Portsea in Hampshire, UK, Jersey in the Channel Islands, Tiree in Inner Hebrides, Scotland and the Isle of Wight in Solent, UK. Anna explains about her Five Islands Swim Challenge, “I selected these islands as they are all challenging in
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The following swimmers are entered in the 15th annual 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim to be held on April 21 on the western coast of Florida. • Brad Denton, 48 from Arizona • Chris Burke, 50 from Florida • Greg Larson, 43 from California • Rob Kent, 47 from Canada • Dan Boyle, 46 from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Spaniard Jaime Caballero will attempt a rare April crossing of the Catalina Island tomorrow on behalf of Augie’s Quest and ALS research. He will begin his swim at midnight Tuesday. With the English Channel (10 hours 29 minutes in 2007) and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (7 hours 53 minutes
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Author John Steinbeck could have been writing about the experiences of modern-day open water swimmers when he wrote his non-fiction book about a marine-collecting expedition called The Log From the Sea of Cortez in 1951. Paul Lundgren, Diana Nyad, Penny Palfrey and a great number of open water swimmers from Australia to Florida when he
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