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James Pittar is undoubtedly one of the bravest adventurers in the world. There are blind mountaineers, disabled marathon runners and endurance athletes who have endured all kinds of injuries and setbacks of all kinds. But the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee from Sydney, endures in the ultimate of sensory deprivation. His exploits, documented […]
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Eney Jones will re-release her patented EneyBuoy, an innovative plastic pulling buoy whose buoyancy can be adjusted. “The ability for a swimmer to modify the buoyancy while pulling can mimic the fluctuating conditions and buoyancy in the open water,” said the world-class swimmer from the University of Florida who has won masters championships in every
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Ocean Ambassador Bruckner Chase, utilizing a Hollings Ocean Grant from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, commenced the first Ocean Swimming Ocean Science class of Samoana High School. After a successful launch with 25 students enrolled and 50 more on the waiting list, Bruckner is talking with the Department of Education about an exponential expansion this
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The Alexander Channel Cup, a three-foot George V sterling silver trophy, was presented to Henry Sullivan for being the first American and third person overall to swim the English Channel His breaststroke crossing in 26 hours 50 minutes was celebrated in film that the London Daily Sketch described as “…the most interesting film we have
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Colin Hill, the 2012 London Olympic Games Marathon Swimming Technical Operations Manager, was in Latvia (Jurmala, Riga) yesterday after taking part in the World Winter Swimming Championships. He and members of the Serpentine Swimming club went for a swim in the Baltic Sea for a cool down. And they caught some skiers and outlookers by
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A baby swan is called a cygnet or flipper. And they live in the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km course in the Serpentine (shown swimming near the 10K finish). While the swans are well-known among those who frequent the Serpentine, the swan-swimmer combination may become more well-known during the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km event in London
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott “The Yesdoc” Richards, M.D., who achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, trains in an Endless Pool. Daily News of Open Water Swimming inquired about the what, when, why and how: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Why do you train in the Endless Pools Swimming Machine
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It’s summer somewhere around the world. And if there is an elite marathon competition, it is usually the case that Dennis Miller of Fiji is there. Dennis is the Liaison of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee, a FINA Bureau member and the Executive Director of the Oceania National Olympic Committees based out of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are numerous great circumnavigation (around-the-island) swims around the world. However, most of the potential circumnavigations around the world have yet to be attempted. Here is a short list of the some of the most popular circumnavigations. There are literally hundreds of thousands of islands yet to be circumnavigated,
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In the Uncle Tobys Super Series Ironman event in the Portsea Beach, the Australian athletes took a significantly different strategies in the towering surf. Check out how the athletes deviated along the course and what happened to those who faced the crunch zone (4 minutes into the video below): Copyright © 2011 by Open Water
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