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The first open water swim series in Austria, sponsored by BioLifestyle, will begin this year for swimmers of all ages and abilities with the following events: May 12th: 3.8K APFELLAND Schwimm-Marathon in Stubenberg June 16th: 4K HECHTSEE X-Treme in Tirol July 14th: 7K BestTrip BACKWATERMAN in Niederösterreich July 28th” 9L HALLSTÄTTERSEE Marathon in Oberösterreich August […]
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The Night Train Swimmers have formally decided their world record relay attempt with a straight-line distance of 339 statute miles (545.5K). This is a bit further than their originally planned distance of 331 statute miles, although the team all knows they will actually swim further. “However, we reserve the option of continuing on if, by
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Reporters and the public talk about adventures with high degree of risks: hot-air ballooning across continents, crossing tundra without motorized vehicles, climbing mountains, ultra-marathon runs or mega-triathlons under extremely warm conditions. Open water swimmers talk about the most difficult swims in their sport: North Channel between Scotland and Ireland, Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska,
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Donal Buckley reports that Stephen Redmond is on his way to fifth leg of the Oceans Seven – with a start in the Cook Strait today. “This [Oceans Seven] is something that is driving me,” said the famed Irish marathon swimmer who has already completed the English Channel, Catalina Channel, North Channel and Strait of
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Swim Michigan is the first open water swim series in the state of Michigan with a total of 10 individual races ranging from 1/2 mile to 10K. Swim Michigan starts on June 3rd in western Michigan at Diamond Lake with the Diamond Lake Open Water Challenge. The series then heads up north to Harbor Springs
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Jim Close announced the dates of the 2012 Salish Sea Swim, organized by the Vancouver Open Water Swim Association. The 35K marathon swim will start from Davis Bay on the Sunshine Coast of Vancouver, Canada on August 11th. More details will be forthcoming. “The purpose of the swim is to draw attention to the fragile
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Andrew Martens of RC Helicam captured the final move that Keri-Anne Payne made over the last 50 meters to win the 2012 aQuelle Midmar Mile this weekend. Andrew’s helicam is a remote controlled quadcopter that takes aerial HD action video footage. The helicam hovered right over the swimmers and took great footage – one of
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Besides the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, there are two other marathon swims in Spain: La Batalla De Rande A Nado and the Ultramarató de l’Ebre 30830 Swim Marathon. La Batalla De Rande A Nado is a 27K (16.7 mile) wetsuit swim on July 8th between the Cies Islands, at the mouth of
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Jose Diaz introduces the Travesía Internacional Xuquer-Bahia de Cullera that began in 1926 and will next be held on June 30th and July 1st. Jose explains the history of the 10K International Cruise Cullera Xuquer-Bay here. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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The Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim always draw a colorful, eclectic crowd to its high-altitude, low-temperature swim. At an altitude of 6,229 feet (meters) of Lake Tahoe, the water temperature at 39°C (4°C) throughout the 250-yard swim feels especially cool. With a cut-off time of 20 minutes, a crowd gathers to see who is the
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