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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jack LaLanne, a renowned and early fitness icon in the United States, died this week at the age of 96. He had a popular television show and was always doing exhibitions in the open water to colorfully demonstrate his fitness and how important fitness is for everyone. In 1954 […]
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Michael Read, Today On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. An epic swim. Michael Read did them. Over and over and over again. He is a legend. Like few others in the sport. 33 times across the English Channel, one which started with frost on the ground. Beyond the English Channel, he
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SwimOutlet.com launched its new Sporti Slogan Tee Collection. Lily Saleh explains, “A couple of months ago, we ran a slogan contest asking our followers to submit their creative slogans and then vote on the judges top 10 favorite. ‘I Pity The Pool’ became the winning slogan, but nine others also got developed.” The shirts bring
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Competitive swimmers around the world do a variety of very difficult interval sets. The sets can range from college teams doing 100 x 100s during Christmas training sessions or Ned Denison pushing English Channel aspirants to 100 x 200s in winter or long open water swimming sets like 10 miles of kicking, or 10 miles
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The World Open Water Swimming Association was privy to the tremendously detailed log that Gary Emich has compiled of his 761 solo swims to and from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. It is impressive. Extremely impressive. His log – presented in an Excel spreadsheet – provides information on each and every Alcatraz swim he
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Since turning the age of 50, Chris Palfrey of Townsville in Queensland, Australia has become an accomplished and prolific member of the Half Century Club, a special group of individuals – marathon swimmers over the age of 50 who have conquered channels around the world. Chris is proving to thrive in the Fountain of Youth
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you are a Super Swimmer, there is a deal for you down in Cape Town, South Africa. The Cadiz Freedom Swim, one of the world’s top swims, is not only offering US$10,000 for the overall winner of its 7.5K race from Robben Island to the mainland that offers
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Doug Woodring of Project Kaisei appeared on a special issue of Open Water Wednesday where he explained about the tremendous amount of plastic garbage in our oceans – and what he is doing to help address the growing problem. Doug established a group of like-minded individuals and researched the massive – but largely unseen and
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With nearly 20,000 swimmers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds doing the annual Great Swim Series, as well as literally millions of others doing open water swims and triathlons around the world, from New Zealand to Iceland, the business opportunities for wetsuit manufacturers is heating up. A little company with 17 employees from a small
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2:02:55 vs. 2:02:57 vs. 2:02:59 – those were the times of the top three men at the Rosario 15K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event. It was quite a battle in the fast 15K race (due to currents) in Argentina, but Francisco Hervas of Spain took the top spot, winning his first FINA international
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