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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
The Henley Swim started in 2004 when two ex-oarsmen, Tom Kean and Jeremy Laming, decided to swim what they had rowed hundreds of times before. The swim uses exactly the same course as rowers with the course sandwiched between wooden booms and the shoreline. This provides swimmers with an easy dead reckoning to follow and […]
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This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience. Courtesy djxatlanta
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469 years ago, Portuguese-born João Rodrigues Cabrilho (Cabrillo in Spanish) and his crew were the first Europeans to explore the west coast of America on behalf of Spain. Cabrilho sailed northward in June 1542 from the west coast of Mexico and reached San Diego in September, becoming the first European to set foot in the
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Award-winning journalist, author and former national television broadcast correspondent Lynn Sherr explores the culture, history, challenges, and pleasures of swimming in a fabulously illustrated book, SWIM: Why We Love the Water. Her latest book will be released in the United States on April 3rd and formally presented at the inaugural International Aquatic History Symposium and
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Keri-Anne Payne is the overwhelming favorite for the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics marathon swim, but it is still unknown who her male counterpart will be. While David Davies would have seem the odds-on favorite based on his silver medal performance at the 2008 Olympics, despite having the shallowest of race experience in
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Nejib Belhedi dreamed big thoughts of swim along the shoreline of his country Tunisia in a swim of peace and harmony. He started his swim during a time of significant political and social tension when civil wars and social upheaval were occurring throughout the Middle East. But Nejib swam on and the fruits of his
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In the Pyramid of Open Water Success, one of the seven essential elements of open water swimming preparation is Skills Training. While Skills Training covers such fundamental skills in the open water as navigation, feeding, sighting, drafting, starts, turns and finishes, it also includes basic skills such as eggbeatering (i.e., treading water) and body surfing,
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The 9th Annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival showcases cinemaquatics at its finest. Skyler Thomas’ 2-minute film about how the ecosystem in South Africa went haywire after the near removal of the Great White Shark kicked off the festival. Julian Watson followed with a 54-minute film on Surfing and Sharks where he documents that 1
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Google Play lists Open Water Swimming, 263 pages of text, photos and graphs of ocean racing, lake swims, river exploits, training, tactics and techniques among a global potpourri of music, books, movies, apps, and games in one place. Discover, buy and share online and virtually. The cover shows 2008 Beijing Olympic champion Maarten van der
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Vicki Keith did it. Many times. Non-stop. For many long hours, sometimes days. So does Julie Bradshaw. Across channels, in lakes and down rivers. What have they done? Butterfly marathon swims. Mix two difficult endeavors together and the outcome is something nearly impossible. Chicago banker Dan Projansky is going to tackle his longest butterfly marathon
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