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The world of open water swimming celebrated an overwhelming number of great swims in 2009. There were fierce battles among pros and incredible feats of endurance by solo swimmers. Each and every athlete in the World Greatest Open Water Swims of 2009 put forth heroic and Herculean efforts in lakes, bays, oceans, seas, dams, channels […]
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Of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims, the Sun Moon Lake International Swim stands out for its size and popularity. But the location of the mass participation swim – Taiwan – is far away from the world’s traditional centers of competitive open water swimming of England, Argentina, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Canada and South Africa.
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Swimmers know the dangers of swimming near the rocks while in the open water. Bruises, bumps and scraps are generally things for open water swimmers to avoid. But, swimming near these rocks is TOTALLY cool. El Arco de Cabo San Lucas in Mexico is a distinctive rock formation at the tip of Cabo San Lucas
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On December 26th, cold-water swimmers from the Czech Republic, Belgium, Britain, Germany and Slovakia took part in the Vltava River Swim (three separate races of 100, 300 and 750 meters) in Prague. With the water hovering around 4°C (39°F), two-time English Channel swimmer David Cech (shown below) won the 750-meter course. While the water could
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The Coney Island Polar Bear Club, founded in 1903, is the oldest winter bathing organization in America whose members swim in the Atlantic Ocean every Sunday through winter. The Coney Island Polar Bears organize arguably the most famous Polar Bear Swim in America. This year, the Club is also promoting Planet Green‘s hosting of Martin
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35 of the world’s top professional marathon swimmers, including World Cup champions Thomas Lurz and Poliana Okimoto and swimmers from Russia, Croatia, Israel, Canada, the Netherlands, the USA, France, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Equador, Venezuela, Germany, Italy, England, Portugal, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Australia are expected to descend upon Santos, Brazil – with huge crowds to cheer
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Southern Californian Forrest Nelson completed an unprecedented December crossing of the Catalina Channel yesterday in 9 hours and 21 minutes under great conditions. Despite a typically cool water temperature 59-61°F (15°C) for December, Forrest swam over an hour faster than his 2004 Catalina swim of 10 hours and 35 minutes. Besides his two Catalina Channel
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Rachel Golub (shown on left) announced an audacious plan to swim with fellow extreme adventurers Cristian Vergara, Scott Lautman and Patricia Sener, all experienced open water swimmers, in a joint attempt to cross the treacherous 3-mile Beagle Channel between Chile and Argentina sometime during the third week of January 2010. A swim not lightly attempted
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in the 1970’s, a quiet, hard-working open water swimming team in Southern California, coached by Siga Rose, had a number of young ocean swimmers who trained constantly along the coast of California. Those swimmers – Lynne Cox, Penny Dean, John York – eventually became world-famous as they went
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Surf Living Saving Australia recently published its annual National Coastal Safety Report. The report included a heavily researched and well-documented 2009 Life Saving Report with an abundance of startling information. Similar to life-saving research in America, the Surf Living Saving Australia found most drownings of individuals over the
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