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Donal Buckley On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. Penny Palfrey. Charlie Gravett. Paul Ellercamp. These are individuals with a global following. When they speak, people listen. Donal Buckley is along that same vein with a growing global following. Buckley is the Lone Swimmer. But his exploits are followed around the world. […]
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It is always a joy to see the wonderfully clear waters of tropical paradises like Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman. The aerial photo on the left is the finish chute of the annual Flowers Sea Swim where mothers and daughters, fathers and their children enjoy a swim together. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water
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Word has leaked out from Samoa that Bruckner Chase completed the first solo swim from Aunu’u Island to Utulei Beach Park this last Saturday. The purpose of his eco-swim, billed as BIG SWIM and done in partnership with the National Marine Sanctuaries program, was to raise awareness of the impact humans all have on the
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The new comprehensive textbook on open water swimming by Steven Munatones will be given to all the paid participants in the 2011 Global Open Water Swimming Conference. The Conference will be held in New York City on June 17th – 19th, culminating in a brunch and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame awards ceremony in
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Conrad Wennerberg is the Chairman Emeritus of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and author of the authoritative tome on marathon swimming called Wind, Waves and Sunburn. According to his records and research, river swims lend themselves to distortion and gigantic claims of enormous distances swum. We agree. Conrad’s book noted river swims over
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Ron Shillingford of the cayCompass wrote an article about Penny Palfrey’s upcoming Bridging The Cayman Islands solo swim of 68.75 miles. Read his story about Penny’s swim here. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Pedro Rego Monteiro organized the first stage of the 2011 King and Queen of the Sea (this weekend on the Leblon, Ipanema and Arpoador beaches of Brazil. Needless to say, the course was stunning – more beautiful photography is here with 1,600 people taking part in the four races of 1K, 2K, 3K and a
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Ned Denison, an experienced channel swims from east to west and north to south, traveled to South Africa with fellow swimmers Simon Murie and Tom Hudson to experience extreme swimming in that part of the open water world. This is his account: Three English Channel solo swimmers combined a vacation – and snuck in another
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The London Olympics are just around the corner and the women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be an unbelievably exciting race – just like the 2008 Beijing version, a classic race under the pressure of the Olympic stage. Based on their final time and the exact dimensions of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course, the
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The halcyon days of the summer of 2008…when open water swimming was introduced to the sporting world through its unveiling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics seems so long ago. Heroes such as Olympic 10K champion Maarten van der Weijden came through and left indelible marks on the sport. The efforts of many left seeds that
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