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Long ones is the answer. Very long ones! The six men of Ventura Deep Six are among the most recent additions to Openwaterpedia. Ventura Deep Six, the world record setting relay that conquered 202 miles in the cold, rough Pacific Ocean swimming non-stop for 4 straight days along the Southern California coast, were the recipients […]
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Scenes from the Italian National Open Water Swimming Championships is shown in this entertaining video shot at Castel Gandolfo, a small Italian twon overlooking Lake Albano where the speedy Italians held their national 5K time trials: The Italians, led by Valerio Cleri and his strong female teammates, are looking especially good to capture spots for
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Fortunately, success can be measured in a variety of ways in open water swimming. In the case of Ray Gandy and Elaine Howley, who attempted an unprecedented 50-mile charity swim in Narragansett Bay, success was easily measured in effort and dollars. On the effort side, Ray swam 45.6 miles in 27 hours 42 minutes before
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The Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim in Grace Bay Beach stepped up to the plate again and served beautifully tropical blue seas for his emerging competition in Turks & Caicos. The contrast of bronzed bodies of all ages and shapes against the turquoise Caribbean Sea in the West Indies was remarkable to witness during the
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Alex Meyer of the USA, a Harvard University graduate, describes the upcoming 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai and the road to the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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As soon as the open water swimmers, divers and water polo players started to arrive in Shanghai from airports around the world, the gracious Chinese hosts whisked the surprised aquatic athletes from their arrival gate right through passport control and onto waiting buses. The athletes were certainly treated like the VIPs. American Christine Jennings described
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Openwaterpedia conveniently enables information on the world’s swimming sites in oceans, lakes, bays, estuaries, lagoons, canals, channels, beaches, rivers, reservoirs, dams and lidos to be shared by the global open water swimming community. Examples like Naples Island (see photo on left), Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California and Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii are posted
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Bruckner Chase produced this video recap of the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games 1.5K in the Schinias Sailing Venue in the Bay of Marathon on the Aegean Sea on July 1st. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Dr. Sam Freas has always been a visionary for the sport of open water swimming. He has also developed and help guide the careers of many swimmers including 7-time world champion Shelley Taylor-Smith and her male counterpart and 7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Paul Asmuth. Dr. Freas is one of the world’s most passionate,
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