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If you are planning a marathon swim or a channel swim where there may be jellyfish or Portuguese man o war, it is always good to prepare for the worse. Getting stung for the first time in a channel swim is never pleasant and always a shock. While everyone handles jellyfish and Portuguese man o […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach. Sergio Salomone explains about one of the world’s most challenging channel swims: the 25 km Beltquerung. The 25 km channel swim is in cool waters (16°C) of the Fehmarn Belt (Danish: Femern Bælt, German: Fehmarnbelt), a strait in the western part of the Baltic Sea between the German island of
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Call For Nominees For The Paragon Awards Courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Bob Duenkel of the International Swimming Hall of Fame announces the call for nominations for the 2012 Annual Paragon Awards at the International Swimming Hall of Fame on May 11th 2012 during the 2012 International Swimming Hall
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Jellyfish aquariums may be just the most unique thing to give as a birthday or holiday gift for the open water swimmer in your household or on your team. Quick to set-up, colorful with changing LED lights and an excellent conversation starter, these funky jellyfish tanks can also theoretically help an open water swimmer psychologically
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Petar Stoychev, the only individual to concurrently hold the world record in the English Channel and be a FINA world champion, is now a father of two. His son, Peter (3.7kg, 51cm) was born on December 16th. Throw in his 11 consecutive years of dominance in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix professional marathon
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Adversarial Tides, directed by Chase Kenney and produced by Nick Gismondi, captures the excitement and the risks inherent in channel swimming. It is a gripping tale that pits four solo channel swimmers against the violent mood swings of the Pacific Ocean. Marine life, ocean swells and the dark cold of night swimming present challenges and
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Swimming Upstream At The Maratón Contracorriente Las Estacas Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In Las Estacas, the Maratón Contracorriente las Estacas is an upstream 1 km river swim in a naturally beautiful national park of Mexico. Held in the state of Morelos, the unique Las Estacas race is held every May and October
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Among competitive open water swimmers and triathletes, there are numerous subtle offensive and defensive moves and maneuvers that are done or attempted during races. Timing and positioning are often critical in these moves. Poor timing and positioning will lead to an unsuccessful attempt. But with practice and proper execution in a race, even gaining a
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Matthew Mitchell, a former world-class swimmer and an experienced waterman from Long Beach, California, practices shooting the gap between two open water teammates in a practice in a pool. The UCLA graduate picks his moment after he double-sighting. Once committed, he picks up his stroke count and gets a boost from an increased kick. There
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee Skip Storch knows his fish. Not only from the water’s surface as a marathon swimmer, but also deep below as the inventive entrepreneur of Shu-Fly Tackle & Fly Shop of Nanuet, New York. “There is a reason why bait fish have evolved to have white undersides,” explained Skip.
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