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Ram Barkai, one of the speakers at the 2010 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California, is also the sponsor of the tough 7.5K Cadiz Freedom Swim in South Africa. How tough? 7.5K in 13°C (55°F) – or lower – water…in traditional open water swimming garb from the famous Robben Island to Big […]
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Ram Barkai, sponsor of the tough 7.5K Cadiz Freedom Swim in South Africa, will speak on the The Magic of Open Water Swimming at the 2010 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California. As part of his presentation, he will also show a film about his extreme cold-water swims in Antarctica and Lake
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USA Triathlon is offering Continuing Education Units for its certified coaches to attend the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California. USA Triathlon describes the Conference as “bringing together the world’s foremost experts on open water swimming including prominent triathlon coaches and personalities. World open water swimming champions, English Channel world record holders,
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After speaking with Rick Shema – The Weather Guy, Penny Palfrey‘s 72-mile swim in the middle of the Pacific Ocean from Oahu to Kauai is a go for this Saturday around 8 am Hawaii time. With the trade winds cooperating and the conditions right and with thousands of training hours under her belt, Penny Imagine
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In a recent online poll on Swimnetwork, crossover swimmer Chloe Sutton was voted to be the most impressive swimmer at the recent USA Swimming Grand Prix event. Swimnetwork aptly describes Chloe as America’s open water distance queen. Still a teenager, Sutton has recently decided to turn professional. The California native and Mission Viejo superstar decided
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Open water freestyler…body surfer and promoter…world-record high diver…surfer shaper…Alick Wickham was truly an open water swimming innovator and pioneer in the 19th century. Alick, from Roviana Lagoon in the Solomon Islands, was credited with shaping the first surfboard in Australia, introducing freestyle to Australia and set the still-standing world high dive record at 62.4 meters
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Jeff Kozlovich, Penny Palfrey‘s paddleboard guide on her solo 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel swim, announced that Penny and her team are ready to go around April 24th, depending on weather conditions. Jeff, who is participating to raise money for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, will be joined on the 30-40 hour epic journey by Forrest Nelson,
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Karen Rogers continues to prepare well for her upcoming 30-mile risk-filled swim from the Farallones Island to Aquatic Park near downtown San Francisco, scheduled for July 2nd. During one of her latest ocean practices, she swam 9 miles in 52.8°F (11.5°C) water for 3.5 hours starting at 5:00 am (see darkness below). “On my Farallons
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The FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event in Sabac, Serbia has been rescheduled to August 1st. Formally known as the Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac, the professional 19K race is the seventh of 10 races on the longest and toughest marathon swimming circuit in the world is 19K. Held in the Sava River, the race heads
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Nokia and Human Race are staging the 2-mile Nokia Thames Swim as part of the Nokia Outdoor Series, a selection of events designed to celebrate the great outdoors and enable people to enjoy being active together in some of the UK’s most spectacular locations. And the River Thames is definitely one of the most iconic
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