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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andy Akinwolere, the presenter of Blue Peter, the world’s longest-running children’s television show, is heading to the ocean deep. In June, Akinwolere will attempt to became the first person to complete an open water swim across the surface of Challenger Deep, the deepest stretch of ocean on Earth, as […]
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Irish marathon swimmer Chris Bryan will be headed to Shanghai to attempt to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. His coach explains, “Swim Ireland set out two criteria to qualify for Shanghai; Chris had to finish [the qualification race in Israel] under 2 hours and within 10 minutes of the winner. He
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The media is picking up Natalie du Toit‘s incredible story once again – as they did in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Many eyes are going to be on Natalie to see if she qualifies for the 10K race in Shanghai. A CNN interview is Natalie du Toit. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Openwaterpedia will soon be launched by Open Water Source. Openwaterpedia will be a unique, comprehensive, multi-lingual online reference and research tool for the entire open water swimming community. Already there are 734 different world open water swimming records, set in lakes, oceans, channels, canals, bays and rivers, posted in the pre-launch Openwaterpedia site that will
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Simon Murie, the enterprising founder and long-term visionary behind SwimTrek Swimming Adventure Holidays, is a very well-traveled marathon swimmer himself. He’s done the following swims among other swim expeditions: • English Channel• Strait of Gibraltar (Spain-Morocco)• Hellespont (Turkey)• Robben Island (South Africa)• Gambia – Senegal• Corryvreckan Whirlpool (Scotland)• Lake Windermere• Britain – America (British Virgin
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Time after time after time, the winds, waves and currents sidelined the Night Train Swimmers in their quest to swim between the Farallones Islands and the California coastline. But Vito Bialla and his crew of hardy men and women were not to be denied. They plotted, they trained, they stuck together – especially when the
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Feeding sticks are not quite de riguer among pro marathon swimmers, but if any competitive swimmer wants to compete at the world-class level, they have one. Feeding sticks are home-made and come in various sizes and styles. But the basic features and benefits of feeding sticks used in competitive races are well-known among the world’s
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Nearly 100 years after her record-setting swim in San Francisco Bay, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame will recognize one of the early pioneers of open water swimming Nell Schmidt. Nell did her swim in 1912 by the City of Alameda, California across the bay from San Francisco. The pigskin award shown above is
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The Night Train Swimmers epitomize the dedication and determination of open water swimmers worldwide. An eclectic international group of swimmers from the San Francisco Bay just never, ever gives us. Their original goal was and remains swimming between the Golden Gate Bridge and the infamous Farallones Islands, 30 miles west of the California coast. Starting
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lewis Pugh talked frankly about the health and welfare of our oceans during his ever-focused, ongoing campaign to help improve our environment. Pugh, who has pushed the threshold of swimming in extreme conditions, shared these thoughts with feature writer Jim Harper who penned an upcoming cover story for U.S.
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