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Doug Woodring, a nominee for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, is all about OWS – open water swimming. But he is also focused on helping our society and enviroment. In an article distributed by Reuters about OWS – Occupy Wall Street – , Doug Woodring writes about socially engaged capitalism […]
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TUNISIA. Nejib Belhedi was nominated for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year and is making a huge impact on the youth of Tunisia. He and his support team made promotional trilingual stickers – in French, Arabic and English – that promote Nejib Belhedi as a WOWSA nominee in a message that
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Open water swimmers can do their part to help the environment. While recycled racing swimsuits or biodegradable goggles have not yet been developed for the market (other than the wood goggles of the South Pacific), several eco-friendly companies make different types of swimwear from recycled materials. Eco Swim makes a strapless one-piece from recycled nylon
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Many open water swimmers are self-motivated, either by nature or necessity. They head towards the coast or shoreline alone, stretch a bit and swim along the shoreline, out to certain points, around a pier or towards a jetty. There are others, either by choice or opportunity, who train with a swim buddy or a coach,
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Quantum Events presents a number of world-class open water swimming events in iconic locations throughout New Zealand. The State Harbour Crossing is from Bayswater Marina to Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour is shown below: State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series Harbour Crossing, Part 1 from Quantum Events.Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Rebekah Boscariol swam 52 kilometers across Lake Ontario for 15 hours and 33 minutes. Her motivation was clear: to raise money and give back to the cardiac care section at SickKids Foundation at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Rebekah is symbolic of swimmers who do extraordinary feats of endurance to benefit others and is a
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In the new book Iron War, Matt Fitzgerald writes about the battle between famed Ironman triathletes Mark Allen and Dave Scott. In a review by Slowtwitch.com‘s Dan Empfield, he talks about the widely praised 1989 race in Kona and the lives of these two endurance warriors. “Iron War is the very first time our sport
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Massimo Voltolina swam an unprecented 85 kilometers from the eastern coast Italy to the western coast of Albania. Swimming with a message of peace from the Learn To Be Free association, his Progetto Adriatico took 23 hours and 44 minutes to complete under Force 4 conditions and was nominated for the 2011 World Open Water
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Marcos Díaz, a United Nations Development Program Goodwill Ambassador, did an unprecedented 22K swim in extremely rough conditions as part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day. Drawing nearly 20,000 people at the finish and for his ability to help increase public awareness and for swimmers’ relationship to their marine environment, Marcos Díaz’s Un Nado Por
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With so many open water swimming events to do – from extreme ice swims and relays to competitive mile races and tropical marathon swims – open water swimmers have a wide choice. But optimal training for each genre in the open water swimming ecosystem requires specificity, both in terms of water acclimatization and feeding techniques
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