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The inaugural 5.3 km Atlantic Dash, postponed for a week due to unsafe conditions, got off on misty and cold conditions with the water temperature between 12-12.5°C (53.6-54.5°F). “All swimmers were accompanied by paddlers with shark shields on their crafts,” explained race director Theodore Yach about the coastal swim from Clifton Fourth Beach to Three […]
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For swimmers in ocean swims along coastlines from Australia to Florida, body surfing is an art that can separate themselves from their competitors if they catch a perfect wave at the finish. It is also a sport practiced by millions who enjoy the acceleration and power of riding a wave into shore. Body surfing is
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“Swimming was a huge part of Jim’s life and it’s wonderful to see how his legacy will be remembered, in part, by his contributions to marathon swimming,” said daughter Elinor Doty Juviler. There will be a Memorial Service to celebrate Jim Doty’s life on June 2nd at 11 am at the First Parish Church in
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Heidelberg researchers have succeeded in unraveling the defense mechanisms of jellyfish. Scientists working with Professor Dr. Thomas Holstein and Dr. Suat Özbek from the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) of Heidelberg University, together with collaborators from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), analyzed the proteome, or full set of proteins, of the stinging cells in
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The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming has already welcomed its first new member of 2012 with Jaime Caballero‘s Catalina Channel swim this April. Who else will join this esteemed group of open water swimmers? Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming club members are limited to those who complete crossings of the English Channel and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nuala Moore, an open water swimmer and a scuba instructor (teaching instructors) for over two decades, is today’s guest commentator. The Irish athlete talks about buoyancy in the open water and why some individuals float and some sink. Archimedes stated, “Any object wholly or partly immersed in a fluid
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Expedition White Shark is an iPhone and iPad app that allows tracking of Great White Sharks from a satellite array orbiting the earth. Scientists at the Marine Conservation Science Institute fitted Great White Sharks with custom-built satellite transmitters to enable this app. The iPhone and iPad app enables receipt of live tracking data for the
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Fletcher Cove near San Diego, California will be the fourth annual commemoration of the life and legacy of Dr. Dave Martin on Sunday, April 22nd at 12 noon. On the fourth anniversary of the shark attack that took his life, Dave’s Day celebrates what Dr. Martin loved very much: swimming and enjoying the ocean. Laurene
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Adventurers and heroes – both real and mythical – have always inspired and enthralled mankind through the millennium. Risk-takers, stewards of the Earth, protectors of the people or the environment, their legacies are passed on from generation to generation. From Hercules to Paul Bunyan, from George Washington to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, these larger-than-life figures have cut
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