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Like thousands of other playful swimmers around the world, the die-hard ocean swimmers in Orange County, California put a special twist on their weekly swim this week due to Halloween. Their colleagues in the State of Washington will be doing a social swim to Cutts Island in Gig Harbor: a Survivor/Adventurer Theme Party. They will […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ecotourism, adventure travel, sustainable tourism, responsible tourism, nature-based tourism, green tourism have entered our lexicon with multiple meanings and interpretation. As our world gets smaller (figuratively) and the world’s population grows (literally), mankind’s impact on the environment will continue – both for the good and the bad. From the
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Everything Comes Up Roses, 100 Years Apart Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rose Pitonof Swim was a 17-mile swim, founded by Deanne Draeger, from Manhattan Island to Coney Island in New York, U.S.A. The race is a replication of the first swim of this distance and course, completed by Rose Pitonof, a 17-year-old
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Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and a leading author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, diplomat and statesman of his day, is lesser known as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and Honor Contributor in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. As
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Selina Moreno Pasagali of Spain has much to live for after recovering from breast cancer. Shocked with malignant tumors in her breast, she went on the cross the Strait of Gibraltar in 4 hours and 40 minutes. In 2007, she crossed 14 kilometers across the Bocaina from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands off
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Anna Carin Nordin from Sweden has come a long way since she started swimming in Lidingö, a suburb of Stockholm. After an age-group swimming career that focused on sprints in a pool, Anna Carin, she started doing long races (as it was called back then in Sweden) in 1985, she participated in the Riddarfjärden in
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In the 19th century, wool was the fabric of choice due to its ability to continuously conceal the skin, even when wet. And wool helps keep the body warm even when it is wet, a characteristic that few synthetic materials have. So we wonder if Captain Matthew Webb swam in a wool swimsuit during his
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The 29 members of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame are among the most passionate supporters and enthusiasts in the sport of open water swimming. They come from 14 countries and have a variety of experiences as athletes, coaches, writers, observers, navigators and administrators. Every year, they cull a number of nominations, a full
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As open water swimmers in the Northern Hemisphere start to descend into the bowels of winter, more and more swimmers are challenging themselves to acclimate to colder and colder waters. While Lynne Cox made it plausible, European swimmers and Asian monks have long acclimated themselves to cold water. But how does the contemporary open water
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International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Inductees Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inducts swimmers, coaches, administrators, organisations and pilots since its founding in 1961. It honours those individuals who have distinguished themselves in the world of open water swimming. In 1961, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
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