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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
In much belated news, Peter Boronkay of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada successfully crossed Sakinaw Lake in British Columbia. He swam the 8-kilometer course in 5 hours 35 minutes on August 30th 2001. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Among the fastest open water swimmers in the world, especially among the female gender, there is plenty of physical contact in the 5K and 10K races around the turn buoys or by the feeding stations – and many place in between. Granted most of the physical contact is incidental and unintentional. The conflict is simply
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Craig Michaels of the Riverkeeper organization presented a comprehensive report on how to restore the Hudson River to a swimmable condition from the Adirondacks to New York City. In summary, he reported that there must be a renewed focus on:(1) better water quality policies; (2) better wastewater treatment infrastructure; and (3) better monitoring and public
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27-year-old Jared Halliday conquered the final challenge in his trilogy by swimming from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand in 2 hours 45 minutes this morning. This was Jared’s first Robben Island crossing, observed by Peter Bales, Chairman of the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association and accompanied by veteran Theodore Yach who completed his 61st Robben Island
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Richard Theiss of RTSea Productions filmed and produced this elegant black-and-white imagery of sharks in the Bahamas. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Ben Hudson of Beneficial Entertainment directed this program on the Flowers Sea Swim for cml TV: Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Petar Stoychev, the English Channel world record holder, the 11-time FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix champion and 25K world champion, took off some time to express his opinions about the sport he has dedicated his career to. Petar was asked at the most recent world championships, “How do we grow our sport?“, “What races
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Peter and Kathy Alfino run clinics at Grant Ranch/Bowles Reservoir in Littleton, Colorado where the water temperature ranges between 60-78°F throughout the season. They also organize 1/2-mile, 3/4-mile, 1-mile, 2-mile and 2.4-mile Mile High Multisport Swims from June to September – a mile above sea level. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Improving in the open water competitions demands building your experience in the open water. Swimming in a pool just isn’t going to do the trick. Tough taskmasters who are experienced in the open water know the magic. If you want to know how to swim butterfly better, go to a coach who has developed world-class
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With interest in the Ocean’s Seven rising along with fears that the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Japan is threatening the ecosystem of the Pacific Ocean, Open Water Source‘s Japanese-speaking staff investigated the possibility of channel swimmers getting harmed by radioactivity due to swimming in the Tsugaru Channel, one of the Oceans Seven challenges. It appears
Is Radiation Impacting The Oceans Seven? Read More »