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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Dr. Keith Bell, president and inspirational founder of the American Swimming Association, announced the 2010 ASA open water swimming calendar. The ASA open water swims are conducted in the beautiful hill country in and around Austin, Texas as part of Dr. Bell’s larger initiative to provide competitive opportunities for the pool and open water swimming […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jose Diaz of Nadandolibre (Swimming Free) interviewed Beijing Olympic 10K marathon swimmer Diego Nogueria of Spain who has been swimming with the Perteneciente al Real Canoe Natacion Club from the age of 4. Diego is focusing on the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships this July with a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christiane Fanzeres, Marathon Swimming Supervisor of the Brazilian Swimming Federation, provided some insight on Ana Marcela Cunha who won the first race of the 2010 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup season in Santos (Maratona Aquatica Internacional de Santos) where she just put on the afterburners in the last
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The open water swimming community is an understated global resource with an incalculable amount of cumulative experience. The worldwide community is a treasure of mankind’s collective knowledge about open water swimming where people share information and have developed camaraderie that is ubiquitous and genuine. Open water swimmers swimmers travel the world, looking for different bodies
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Richard Clifford, an attorney in private practice, was interviewed earlier this year due to his impressive experience as a kayaker of marathon swimmers. During the 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, Richard will kayak for Lynne Smith, a 9:50 English Channel swimmer and Naval Academy graduate. According to Richard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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The major seas of the world include the South China sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Arabian Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, Hudson Bay, East China, Andaman, the Black Sea and the Red Sea. The Seven Seas is a figurative term referring
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Known by a handful of global traveling swimmers, La Paz Bay in Baja California is one of the best places in the world to do open water swimming. With wonderfully clear and aqua-blue waters filled with marine life, the location is cold in winter and warm in swimmer and beautiful year-round. With 244 islands and
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Four-time USA Swimming national open water swimmer John Flanagan who just missed out on a medal at the 2001 World Swimming Championships 10K continues to make news in his new sport – triathlon where he is known as the King of Swim. John joins a bevy of pool swimming and triathlon stars as well as
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If any open water swimmers find themselves in San Francisco in early February, we strongly suggest they stop and enjoy North America’s leading cinemaquatic movie festival in the heart of the city. The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival is now in its seventh year. The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival showcases 50 inspirational films that
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Shelley Taylor-Smith is on a hectic global tour spending the good news about open water swimming. Fresh off of her successful series of open water swimming clinics in Brazil where she shared her experiences and advice with the brain trust of the Brazilian Swimming Federation, Shelley is now headed back to Australia where she will
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