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Big ocean swells met the swimmers in Fiji Ocean Swim Series at Yatule Beach Resort Natadola. For most, the thought of even getting through the surf was daunting. Given the conditions, Paul McCoy decided against the usual series format of 1K, 2.5K and 5K distances for shorter point-to-point courses. In the 1.7K female division, Tieri […]
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What is extreme swimming? Is it swimming across the English Channel? Is it a circumnavigation around Manhattan Island? Is it swimming where sharks congregate? Is it participating in International Ice Swimming Association events? However you may define extreme swimming, cold water swimming is certainly part of the equation. For some, extreme swimming is swimming in
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“So there is none who doesn’t fell a spiritual uplift listening to the sound of the name of Marathon…” by Ailios Aristeides. The City of Marathon, the site of the battle in 490 BC between the heavily outnumbered Athenian army and the Persians, rings a bell for runners…and will soon mean something for swimmers. With
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Chad Ho completed a three-peat at the Spar Redhouse River Mile. Meanwhile, Carmel and Lauren Billson went 1-2 in the women’s division of the oldest open water swim in South Africa, now in its 87th version this year. 1 Chad Ho, 15:26.9 2 Andrew Fischer, 16:46.73 Christopher Van De Sande, 16:48.84 Tyrone Venter, 16:50.8 5
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Scott Zornig, president of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association that sanctions swims in seven islands off the coast of Southern California, announced the new website of the Association. Additionally, Dave announced, “With a very lively debate, the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association has adopted a wetsuit policy primarily due to some legacy issues. Our
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Next week, Trent and Codie Grimsey may make their parents particularly proud if they both qualify to represent Australia at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai and then go on to the 2012 London Olympics. The brothers, elder Trent and younger Codie, are both among the fastest open
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There are nine main channels between the largest islands in the state of Hawaii. Eight of which have been successfully crossed by solo swimmers with one giant channel remaining and more and more marathon swimmers trying to overcome the large swells, raw tropical beauty, strong currents and abundant marine life at the channels. To date,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 63-year-old Michael Spalding has seen it all during his nine channel crossings throughout the state of Hawaii. Shark attacks, Portuguese Man-o-War wounds, huge surf, pounding waves, relentless sun, beautiful star-filled nights in the middle of the largest ocean in the world, tropical reefs and colorful marine life. But it
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Mike Weintz showcases Morgan Bunker and his rhythmically smooth stroke in the Slam the Dam 8K in Lake Mead, Nevada. The first-year event wowed all who swam in the middle of the western United States desert. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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Besides race directors, coaches, swimmers, writers and administrators from Canada, Australia, Japan, Cayman Islands, Great Britain and Mexico, individuals responsible for various areas of open water swimming from California, New York, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Illinois, Utah, Idaho, North Carolina, Indiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Texas
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