752,000 Reasons To Be Thankful In Tampa Bay
The 5 km Tampa Bay Frogman Swim received more donations than ever in a very difficult year.
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Ready, Set, Go On The Global Swim Series
Courtesy of Global Swim Series. Rob Kent and Dylan Kent of the Global Swim Series announced that their racing season is on. “Racing is back. It looks like we are getting close to the end of the COVID period. Thanks to the incredible global rollout of vaccinations, it does look like there is a light at
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June Honorees
Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. June 1st – Alick Wickham* (SOL) – read bio June 2nd – Johnny Weissmuller* (USA) – read bioJune 9th – Michael Read (GBR) – read bioJune 11th – Jacques-Yves Cousteau (FRA) – read bio June 18th – Gerald Forsberg* (GBR) – read bioJune 23rd – Gail Roper (USA) – read bioJune 29th – Paul Boyton* (USA) – read bio Copyright © 2008 – 2021
USA Swimming New Open Water Safety Rules
Bruce Becker, M.D., M.S. received the 2011 John K Williams, Jr. Adaptive Aquatics Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. researches the effects of aquatic immersion and aquatic exercise/activity upon human physiology. He is director of the National Aquatics & Sports Medicine Institute at WSU Pullman, where he has been studying the biologic changes
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Catalina For Two
Carlos Sixto Bravo wrote about a brother, a sister and a friend who completed a 25.1-mile crossing from Santa Catalina Island to San Pedro on the Southern California mainland on September 25th. Their crossing was a charity swim on behalf of Ocean Fever, a non-profit from Hermosa Beach that raises awareness through open water swimming.
Catalina Well Represented In New York City and IMSHOF
Penny Lee Dean (inaugural CCSF president) PLD04747@pomona.edu John York (inaugural CCSF member) catalinaorca@verizon.net David Clark (uhh, what doesn’t David do?) dsclark7@gmail.com **(all three are IMSHOF inductees) Paula Selby (CCSF safety coordinator) plselby@cox.net Linda Bamford (CCSF President) lindavta@yahoo.com **(York, Clark, Selby and Bamford are currently CCSF board members) Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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What Is The Value Of Being An English Channel Swimmer?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is somewhere between invaluable and priceless. It is an honor that can never be removed, repudiated or renounced. It is a recognition that will always be mentioned, honored and added as a title. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Navigating Rural Communities And The Strait Of Gibraltar
When he finished, Turner told his wife he “couldn’t have made it another two minutes.” Dr. Wade Turner has three passions: keeping people healthy, swimming the Strait of Gibraltar and raising awareness about the critical shortage of rural physicians and extreme pressures on community hospitals. Through his Strait of Gibraltar swim, Dr. Turner hopes to
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Stagnation, Order, Complexity, Chaos
Courtesy of Bill Eckstrom, Huntington Beach, California. Bill Eckstrom talks about the Growth Rings [see above]. His four rings – Stagnation, Order, Complexity and Chaos – have Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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How Can Something Feels So Bad Feel So Good?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Torture Swim by 60 Minutes Sports (U.S.A./Ireland) 14. The Vertical Swim Trainer by Genadijus Sokolovas (U.S.A./Lithuania) 15. Uaimh an tSolais & Uaimh na nÉan by Sam Krohn And Loneswimmer (Australia/Ireland) 1. 24 Hour Swim in San Francisco by Suzie Dods (U.S.A.) Swimming all day and all night is
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