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Swimmers Helping Swimmers, Supporting Each Other Have you ever wanted to do a charity swim or attempt an unprecedented swim somewhere exotic around the world? Have you thought of a solo swim that draws attention to your favorite cause or charitable organization? Have you wished to attempt a swim, but simply faced a limitation of […]
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai, False Bay, South Africa. Ram Barkai and Kieron Palframan completed an unprecedented ocean swim in 2 hours 13 minutes. On the face of it, the distance is not that far, the time was not that long, and the water temperature was not that cold. But for swimmers who grew up before
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of the Wild Swimming Brothers, UK.
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Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association in Murmansk, Russia. The video above shows a mind-boggling 1000m heat at the International Ice Swimming Association-sanctioned Ice Swimming World Championship in Lake Semenovskoe in Murmansk, Russia on March 20th. Christof Wandratsch (Germany), Albert Sobirov (Russia), Henri Kaarma (Estonia), Craig Lenning (USA), and Sergio Daniel Salomone (Argentina) among others
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Physiological data indicates that when you train at high intensity intervals you develop an increased endurance capacity and burn more calories. Interval training is standard in the pool, but what about intervals in open water? You could map landmarks on the shore and use these as your reference for intervals, but this can cause you
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Erin Killey winning the Laydees Dash for Cash at Caves Beach last sun It certainly was good to get wet again last weekend. In NSW, it was our first ocean swims in three weeks. Not since Malabar on February 17 had we had an ocean event. Indeed, the only swim over that period was Wollongong
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The World Open Water Swimming Association published its rules for butterfly in the open water, backstroke in the open water, and breaststroke in the open water.,br/> For every 100 people who read the butterfly in the open water, only 37 read the article on backstroke rules in the open water, and only 59 read the
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If you are reading this, you have probably already heard open water swimming’s siren call. For me, it started at an early age while growing up in Hawaii: swimming at the beach and surfing and body surfing with friends after school. As I progressed from surf grom to swim club kid, the ever changing conditions
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