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Bob Maguglin of the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau caught a local pirate shooting off his musket at the Pacific Open Water Swim in Belmont Shores in Long Beach, California. The swimmers seem to be running from the quartet of pirates who had already claimed this piece of beachfront property. Courtesy of Bob Maguglin
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The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics will be held in the Serpentine in Hyde Park at 12 noon GMT on August 9th (women) and August 10th (men). The two-hour race will be covered by all sorts of media – terrestrial, cable and satellite television by major networks and production companies, online
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A twofer swim is when two people swim together shoulder-to-shoulder in the open water, usually comfortably going at the same pace for the entire swim or extended periods. A twofer swim can also refer to two swimmers swimming at the same time and at the same pace during an open water swim using the same
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Goggles and jet travel were game-changers over the past century in the open water world. Goggles enabled training times to lengthen and intercontinental jets made travel significantly faster and easier to different competitions and locations. Online social networks and GPS on escort boats similarly help revolutionize the sport of open water swimming. Not only can
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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 “The History of Open Water Swimming – From The English Channel to Hyde Park“. The presentation will
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Trent Grimsey is one of the professional marathon swimming community’s most humble, competitive and willing competitors. He is a wonderful ambassador and supports the sport by doing short ocean swims in his native Australia and long marathon swims on five continents. He never fails to smile and wave to the crowd and lets them know
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XBOSS is a marathon swimming service provider in Spain. Teresa Planas and her colleagues enable and help train open water swimmers who want to challenge themselves across some marathon swims in the beautiful waters of Spain. Among several different endurance activities, XBOSS – XTRM organizes two marathon solo and group swims: the 42K Cruce a
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The colors of open water swimming ranges from sea greens and light baby blues in the tropics to deep royal blues in lakes and deep seas to murky browns in urban areas and copper-colored dams and reservoirs. But what if the different swimming strokes were defined as colors? Freestyle could be defined as blue while
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In celebration of the passing through the town of the Olympic Torch, Team Outrageous announced the Maidstone Mile on July 20th. This is the latest of a series of sporting events to be held in and around Maidstone, England to promote the Olympic ideals and bring sporting events to the town. The event will be
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Chasing the elusive goal of the Oceans Seven around the world from Scotland, Ireland (North Channel), Spain, Morocco (Strait of Gibraltar), England, France (English Channel), Hawaii (Molokai Channel), New Zealand (Cook Strait), USA (Catalina Channel) to Japan (Tsugaru Channel) is not easy or inexpensive. It requires talents that range from the athletic to the operational.
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