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Brojen Das Open Water Challenge 2012 Announced

BANGLADESH. Moshiur Khandaker of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the Chief Executive of SAFE (Safety Assistance For Emergencies), announced the Brojen Das Open Water Challenge 2012, a 10K open water swim along a gorgeous course from Teknaf to the small beautiful coral island of St. Martin in Bangladesh. The Brojen Das Open Water Challenge 2012 event is named

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A Short List of Long Marathon Swims

Certainly channel swims, solo marathon swims and relay marathons are long endurance events, but what are the longest solo, non-wetsuit, competitive open water swims in the world? In addition to the English Channel, North Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait and Strait of Gibraltar, this is a short list of marathon competitions

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Channel Fat Is Bioprene But Certainly Not Neoprene

Out in the open water – especially while swimming in the middle of the Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, Catalina Channel, Rottnest Channel, Farallon Islands or anywhere in Cape Town, swimmers sometimes refer to sharks as ‘fish‘ or ‘The Man in the Gray Suit‘. There are other creative terms used around lakes, lochs and docks in

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30 Films, 5 Oceans, 1 Festival In Hong Kong San Francisco

The 9th annual San Francisco Ocean Film Festival is expanding to Asia and simultaneously launching in Hong Kong on March 9th – 22nd. The dual ocean film festival will feature over 40 films, short and long, that explain, explore, educate and entertain on topics ranging from wildlife, conservation and sharks to culture, adventure and adrenaline.

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The Longest Swim Show – Ben Lecomte Across The Pacific

Gurtej Singh Bains, one of the managers of The Longest Swim talks about Ben Lecomte‘s stage swim across the Pacific Ocean. Not only is Ben‘s 5,419-mile, 6-month swim from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco, California a physical and mental feat of unfathomable proportions, but he will perform the swim so fans can watch him do

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Don’t Wait To The END, A 26-Mile Swim In The Red River

END-WET, which stands for the Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test, is a 26-mile mixed-sports event where solo swimmers and relay swimmers pit themselves against other endurance athletes down the Red River between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Oslo, Minnesota. Produced by the ENDracing, the July 21st event includes kayakers, surfskiers, stand-up paddle boarders as

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