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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The South African ice swimmers are completing their final preparations for three extraordinarily challenging extreme swims. Their swim include the world’s first attempt at an open water swim around Cape Horn. Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile. They will be […]
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The Indonesian SEA Games Organizing Committee (Southeast Asian Games) reported that 5K and 10K races have been proposed for the 2011 SEA Games in November in Indonesia. The Committee’s deputy chairman, Djoko Pramono said Indonesian open water swimmers had the potential to win medals at the SEA Games. “We have included open water swimming because
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Dave Van Mouwerik, a Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association board member, created some beautiful, easy-to-understand maps of the various channel swimming courses of the Channel Islands off of Southern California. His digital craftsmanship of these many channel courses will be appreciated by many swimmers and coaches for years to come. Copyright © 2011 by Open
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Dave Van Mouwerik, a board member of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, presented a powerfully expressive and stirring pecha kucha presentation on his 12-mile channel swim from Anacapa Island to the California mainland. His passion, his voice, his articulation, his eloquence of expression are moving and a treat to see and hear. Photo of
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In a follow-up to yesterday’s Open Water Source research on the average time of women vs. men in the open water, it looked at the time differences of members of the Rottnest Channel Swim older group of swimmers – the members of the Half Century Club. It appears that the average time for women over
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Five South African men are in search of new extreme swims. They are headed to do three extremely cold-water swims in a short time frame: the Beagle Channel, the Strait of Magellan and Cape Horn. Ryan Stramrood (37 years), Kieron Palframan (36), Toks Viviers (47), Ram Barkai (53) and
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The New England Marathon Swimming Association will have its first meeting of 2011 at Fuddruckers in Reading tonight. The members will discuss local swims and clinics, its website, merchandising, membership dues, donations, fundraising, the group’s non-profit status and new ways to become involved and educating about water quality issues. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water
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Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE On Today’s WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. 14 hours and 18 minutes of non-stop butterfly…across the English Channel. That is only one example of what Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE has done in her lengthy marathon swimming career. Amazingly, but not surprisingly for Dr. Bradshaw, she did not
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Pedro Rego Monteiro organized one of the best pro races in recent history at the King and Queen of the Sea competition on Copacabana Beach – site of the 2016 Rio Olympics Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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The debatable, controversial and surprising answer – based on data from the RCP Tiburon Mile, Catalina Channel, Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Little Red Lighthouse Swim and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim – is posted at Open Water Source. Click here to look at the data and the results. Is the conclusion correct? Discuss the analysis
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