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In 2007, the long standing club known as the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation evolved into a non-profit 501(c)(3). As a newly formed organization CCSF began providing CPR and safety training for the organizations Observers and any crew interested in supporting channel swimmers. By 2008, CCSF was in a position to staff swims with a minimum […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ice swimmers use now blankets or sheets. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Must be a fun article. Agree with everything aside the North Channel. Not sure where the Rum and Coke from? A Guinness or a Taliskar may be more suitable 🙂 Kind Regards Ram Barkai iCE Capital (Pty) Ltd. Work: Studio 1, Central Parade, Victoria Road, Camps Bay, Cape Town, RSA Postal: PO Box 32448, Camps
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hello Steve, TOWER 26’s “Be Race Ready” podcast series episode #25 on triathlon swimming is loaded for listening. Thanks for sharing these podcasts with your friends and fellow athletes; its been incredible the listenership growth we’ve had. Jim and I discuss the optimal swim pull for triathletes, reviewing Early
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A review of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductees shows a large number of masters swimmers including such renowned athletes like Paul Asmuth, a seven-time world professional marathon swimming champion, and James Kegley who still holds the longest held record in United States Masters Swimming. Copyright © 2010 by Open Water Source
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. with Theodore Yach, Martin Goodman and Ryan Stramrood at Robben Island. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Wendy Trehiou around Jersey on 18 May 2014 in 11 hours 25 minutes Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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How did Sharon Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When watching the Olympic finalists on Copacabana Beach during the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, these will be the swimmers’ race numbers: 1. Jordan Wilimovsky, USA 2. Ferry Weertman, NED 3. Spyridon Gianniotis, GRE 4. Sean Ryan, USA 5. Jack Burnell, GBR 6. Marc-Antoine Daniel Frede Olivier, FRA 7. Simone
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aquapreneurs Daniel Takata Gomes, Guilherme Freitas and Patrick Winkler of Brazil won the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year for The Swim Channel Magazine. Takata is a statistician, professor and reporter of pool and open water swimming. He has won three consecutive FINA Aquatics World Magazine
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