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The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced the inaugural International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival (IAHSFF) that will be held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA between May 9th – 12th, 2012. One of the presentations will be “Lessons Learned By The Death Of Fran Crippen“. The presentation will examine the number and causes of […]
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This past week, Kim Chambers swam the exact same route, starting on the South Island and finishing in the same spot on the North Island in her successful Cook Strait swim. Incredibly, she also completed the tough crossing in the exact same time as Penny Palfrey did during her April 2006 crossing of the Cook
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Gerd Traue filmed a pod of dolphins that stranded themselves and then were subsequently saved by the good Samaritans on a Arraial do Cabo beach in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this Monday morning. Prainha em Arraial do Cabo, Brasil, 5 de Marco 2012, 8:00 horas da manha, aproximadamente 30 Golfinhos nadam em
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The open water swimming world, from a perspective of marketing a particular lifestyle, governing the sport, branding an extreme activity, obtaining sponsorship and supporting its athletes, can learn much from the triathlon world. While commercialization of open water swimming is not the specific focus or desire of many swimmers, the advantages of commercialization are well-known
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Huub Wetsuits just made swimming easier for those not accustomed to swimming, a mighty large market. 85% of triathletes do not come from a swimming background according to Professor Huub Toussaint. In trying to lower the bar for non-swimmers to tackle the swim leg of triathlons, Huub Wetsuits launched a new line of triathlon and
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Jeff ‘Koz’ Kozlovich paddles like few others. He paddles not for himself, but for others. Among his selfless duties, he has paddled for Penny Palfrey twice each in the Kaieiewaho Channel (between Kauai and Oahu)and the Molokai Channel (see video below) and in the Cayman Islands, and for Darren Miller also in the Molokai Channel.
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Donal Buckley of LoneSwimmer.com frequently prepares some outstanding YouTube videos. This week, he graciously prepared the following presentation of Stephen Redmond‘s radio interview on his recent exploits in Hawaii and New Zealand and the Oceans Seven challenge: Courtesy of LoneSwimmer.com
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A professor standing at a podium lecturing students on physics concepts or a mathematics teacher explaining calculus in front of a classroom has similarities to a coach standing onshore telling a swimmer what to do in the open water. That is, the information is unilaterally shared from a professor, a teacher or a coach to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Socratic Method is named after the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates where individuals can learn and be taught based on asking and answering questions to stimulate rational thinking and to illuminate ideas. The same form of education can be utilized by open water swimming coaches and athletes. An open water
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The average ocean water temperature ranges from a low of -2°C (28.4°F) in the polar regions to highs in the Persian Gulf that can get up to 36°C (96.8°F) with an average of 17°C (62.6°F). But how do we know that? Is the average simply taken between -2°C (28.4°F) and 36°C (96.8°F) to get the
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