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Ram Explains The Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 53-year-old financial entrepreneur and extreme cold-water specialist Ram Barkai together with his hardy group of South Africans – Ryan Stramrood (37), Kieron Palframan (36), Toks Viviers (47) and Andrew Chin (41) – talks about his adventures at the bottom of the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Traditional open water swimmers frown upon the use of wetsuits. It is one’s willingness and ability to acclimate to the cold which has always draw the respect of channel swimmers, marathon swimmers and traditionalists in the open water. But television personality Bear Grylls does what it takes to survive.
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Greta Andersen, Thomas Lurz, Petar Stoychev, Larisa Ilchenko – all the great champions in marathon swimming have a great kick. They use their legs for propulsion, streamlining and stability. 10-time world champion and 3-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall Sr. explains and shows how to generate propulsion in an easy-to-understand video here. Copyright © 2011 by
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The North (Irish) Channel is renowned for being the toughest channel swim in the world – cold, rough, filled with jellyfish and fraught with unpredictable weather. But it was also site of the most tenacious efforts of one Irish women who was voted the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. Anne Marie
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Andrew Flanagan and Ned Denison will give a seminar on marathon swimming tomorrow at the The Kingfisher Club in NUI Galway, Ireland. No fees, no registration, no waiting. The affable, charismatic Ned will talk about the joys, agonies, celebration ,the cold and preparation for marathon swimming. He will explain in colorful detail what the sport
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Keo Nakama, an inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was a multi-sport star and one of the greatest swimmers of his era. And, boy, did he use some classic goggles. Too bad manufacturers don’t make those anymore. Fit is always important, but check out how hip and cool Nakama’s goggles were. Marilyn
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Anne Cleveland, a stalwart in the channel swimming community, was voted in as a Honoree Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. A familiar figure in the world-renowned La Jolla Cove north of San Diego, Anne Cleveland will be recognized for her accomplishments in a special induction ceremony in New York City on
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The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced on its website that the Hall of Fame and USA Swimming will organize a 10K race in Fort Lauderdale on May 7th as part of the 47th International Swimming Hall of Fame celebration. The professional 10K race will be a memorial to Fran Crippen and will attract a
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A 1K swim for the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal on February 26th at the Milford Beach Reserve in Auckland is being quickly organized. 100% of the cash donations will be sent to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal in light of the recent tragedy in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scott Rice of Quantum Events publicly thanked Simon Bucherer and
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From left to right, Ram Barkai, Toks Viviers, Ryan Stramrood and Kieron Palframan are shown swimming past Cape Horn, the sailor’s graveyard, at the southernmost tip of South America. The South African swimmers, including fifth teammate Andrew Chin, gave a first-person account of their unprecedented swim here. “…as we approached the Cape early in the
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