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After wondering if open water swimmers are truly and naturally protected from sharks by dolphins and porpoises as is commonly believed by many channel swimmers, there are a wide variety of opinions on this topic. Many open water swimmers believe that if dolphins or porpoise are near them in the open water, there is no […]
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“That is going to be the tricky thing – swimming for a short 20-minute swim for 4-5 times over a 24-30 hour period,” explained British extreme swimmer Jack Bright about the most extreme relay swim possible – a crossing of the entire width of the Bering Strait, slight below the Arctic Circle. Alexander Brylin, President
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The Special Olympics World Summer Games offered open water swimming for the first time in its history. The inherent danger, the potential risks and the numerous issues involved in putting individuals with intellectual disabilities in the sea were overcome by a team of committed volunteers in Athens, Greece, led by Chrysostomos Giannoulakis and Katerina Kaloudi,
CNN broadcast an overview of triathlon tips from two top-ranked brothers – Alistar and Jonathan Brownlee from Great Britain. Alistair is a two-time triathlon world champion and one of the favorites heading into the 2012 London Olympics. Alistar’s younger brother Jonathan, finished second to him at the 2011 world championships in 2011. Similar to the
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John Caughlin provides updates on his recovery here. John, a 41-year-old swimmer from Half Moon Bay (California) was nearing completion of a solo 9.6-mile Maui Channel Swim and was close to the Maui coast when a boat hit him. His blog clearly demonstrates what a fine individual is, well-liked and well-respected by those who know
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Let’s say you are 1 kilometer from the next turn buoy. If you are capable of swimming straight, you have 1000 meters to swim. But no one swims perfectly straight all the time, especially when there are lateral currents, waves or surface turbulence to account for. What happens when you make a 1° mistake in
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Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand, is site of a two concurrently held open water events, catering to everyone from world-class international swimmers vying for spots at the Olympics to swimmers of young ages and minimal experience. The crystal clean waters and scenery of Lake Taupo will attract hundreds of open water swimmers
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Benoite Lecomte will be stage swimming across the Pacific Ocean starting in April 2012, but he may have some great data to fall back upon. While Benoite Lecomte is undergoing final preparation for his Japan-to-California solo stage swim, four dolphin-sized Wave Gliders, self-propelled robots, departed San Francisco on a 60,000 km journey in the opposite
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Catalina Channel swimmer Lynn Kubasek and her open water swimming friends in Orange County swim year-round off the beaches of Southern California. The famed soap-making Channel Observer with a ubiquitous smile, provided these snowman swim caps to her swim buddies. “My non-demonimational holiday gift, breakfast potluck and jacuzzi bliss after our 59°F (15°C) dip made
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Gary Emich, a well-traveled swimmer, coach, author and open water swimming ambassador, is now up to 853 swims to and from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. “My goal is to reach 1,000 Alcatraz Island crossing on June 11th in 2013 which will be the 51st anniversary of the Frank Morris and Anglin Brothers Escape.”
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