Scenes, Surfing And Swimming From Seal Beach
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Is 50 The New 20 In Open Water Swimming?
Years ago (i.e., in the 20th century), it seemed as if sub-60˚F (15°C) was considered cold. Then swimmers kept pushing the bar and swims in sub-50˚F (10°C) waters were considered cold. Swimmers in the Czech Republic, South Africa, Ireland, Melbourne, New York and San Francisco led the way and kept pushing each other. Now, in
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Where Great Open Water Swimmers Tread, Others Follow
The Seal Beach 42nd annual Rough Water Swim went without a hitch yesterday in Southern California. The site of many great swimmers – from Lynne Cox to Penny Lee Dean, from Karen Reeder to Shelley Taylor-Smith, Seal Beach has welcomed and played its part in the development and showcasing of many great female marathon swimmers
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Open Water, From A Napkin To The Olympics
Sid Cassidy, Chris Guesdon and Dennis Miller literally mapped out the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim concept on a napkin in a restaurant … and this revolutionary plan eventually led to the sport of open water swimming being added to the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Sid gives the background during his speech at the 2011
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Seal Beach Rough Water Swim, A California Classic
The Seal Beach Swim Club hosted the 42nd Annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim this past weekend. Events included the 1- and 3-mile courses as well as the 200 yard swim for boys and girls ages 7-8, the 400 yard for boys and girls ages 9-10, the 800 yard for boys and girls ages 11-12,
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World’s Fastest Swimmers Heading To Shanghai
With one week to go for the start of the 2011 FINA World Championships 2011, 181 countries and 2,220 athletes have registered for the 14th edition of FINA’s premier championship event.During the 16-day competition, 40 finals will be held in Swimming (July 24-31), 10 in Diving (July 16-24), seven in Synchronised Swimming (July 17-23), six
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Forrest Nelson’s Courageous Circumnavigation Of Catalina
Forrest Nelson Courageous Circumnavigation Around Catalina Courtesy of WOWSA, Catalina Channel. Rumors out of the Southern California marathon swimming community say that Forrest Nelson successfully completed another incredible swim in the Pacific Ocean. This time, he replicated the feat of Cindy Cleveland by circumnavigating Catalina Island. 48 miles of cold, hard water where eddies and
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Have The Courage To Pursue Your Dreams
These are the words of advice of American endurance athlete Melissa Stockwell who was recently nominated for an ESPY Award. Melissa was an Army officer who lost a leg while serving in Iraq and has since become a first rate para-athlete and Paralympian (as a triathlete and swimmer at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics).She also loses
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It Begins And Ends In Beginish
Off the rugged cold-water west coast, Ireland will showcase many of its finest distance swimmers. Their talents will be on display as they circumnavigate Beginish Island. Ned Denison explains, “In one lap around the Island the swimmers will experience all the possible conditions. It starts at low water from a sand spit. The first 500
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