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Photo courtesy of Elias Lefas on Santorini Island, Greece. A Black Swan event, an unexpected occurrence, was first postulated by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2004 book Fooled By Randomness event. When unexpected events occur in the open water – such as getting stung by a jellyfish, feeling a shoulder ache, having an upset stomach […]
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The Secret Life of Swimmers is in full glory on the streets of Los Angeles. Judy Starkman created life-size banners that hang around the streets of Southern California of swimmers who are not afraid to show skin. “No one was afraid to pose for me, or to appear virtually life-size on street poles throughout the
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The 2012 About Swimming Readers’ Choice Awards selected the top 5 swimming blogs. In order to popularity, the blogs included: 1. The Swimmers Circle – Reader’s Choice Favorite 2012 2. GoSwim.tv 3. The Swim Brief 4. The 17th Man 5. Southern California Aquatics Blog The open water swimming community appreciates the occasional open water swimming
The Midmar Mile is the largest competitive open water swim in the world, attracting athletes of every age, ability and background. There were Special Olympics athletes from all around South Africa who participated in this year’s event in Pietermaritzburg. With South African-born Keri-Anne Payne and local hero Chad Ho winning the prestigious event, the 65
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When Nuala Moore and Anne Marie Ward heard about Nejib Belhedi‘s 1400 km Swim Across Tunisia, they did what many open water swimmers do when their interest is piqued. They emailed Nejib and Facebooked him. One thing led to another and now the two open water swimmers from Ireland are enjoying a unique experience in
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Open Water Source looks at the top female Olympic medal contenders and dark horses for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on August 9th in the Serpentine in Hyde Park. With the top 10 women already qualified, there will be another 15 swimmers who will qualify in June in Portugal in order to fill out the
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Throughout Southern California, lifeguard qualification swims are now taking place in the unseasonably cool 53-54°F (12°C) water. No wetsuits for these thousands of able-bodied young men and women who help make the over 162 km of white sand beaches safe along the California coast. “I went for it,” said former swimming standout Matt Mitchell of
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Open water swimmers just cannot get enough of their sport. Swimming before and after work…weekdays and weekends. And with open water swimming tour operators finding thousands of customers from open water hotbeds from Great Britain to Australia, an increasing number of specialized operators are organizing creative tours throughout the oceans, seas and lakes of the
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Rhys Mainstone of Australia is headed from Down Under to Eilat, Israel for this weekend’s FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup with some very long-term plans. After reclaiming the Australian 10 km marathon swimming title in February, Rhys has set his sights on Israel as the first step to Rio de Janeiro. “Eilat is a
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Ram Barkai, the founder of the International Ice Swimming Association, backs up what he encourages others to do. On March 25th in Jondal, Norway, Ram completed an incredible 1.3 km extreme swim in an ice-bound lake wearing only a Speedo, swim cap and goggles. His swim is part of a new series on Discovery HD,
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