How to survive in a shipwreck? Here are my personal top 10… 1. Hop into a row boat (after giving the distress call on the radio) 2. Grab a life vest 3. Hang onto jetsam if a row boat or life vest are not available 4. Hope the water temperature is warm (if not, put

Courtesy of Paul Guest, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2008-2019 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of Patrick Winkler , Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In December 2019, the King and Queen of the Sea – or Rei e Rainha do Mar in Portuguese – celebrates its 10th anniversary. Over the last decade, over 60 thousand amateur and a few dozen elite swimmers, including World and Olympic Champions have

<i>Courtesy of <a href=”http://www.wowsa.org”target=”_blank”>WOWSA</a>, <a href=”http://openwaterswimming.wiki/index.php?title=Huntington_Beach”target=”_blank”>Huntington Beach</a>, California</i>. <br><br/> The <a href=”http://www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimm.wpengine.com/2009/12/worlds-largest-open-water-swimming.html”>world’s largest open water mass participation swim</a> is held in Taiwan – the 3.3 km <a href=”http://www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimm.wpengine.com/2009/12/worlds-largest-open-water-swimming.html”>Sun Moon Lake International Swim Carnival</a> – but Taiwan is also home to other large <a href=”http://www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimm.wpengine.com/2009/12/open-water-swimming-dictionary.html”>mass participation swims</a> where communal enjoyment in tropical waters and post-swim fraternization

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. n August 20th 1984, John York (8 hours 54 minutes 1 second), Rick Heltzel (9 hours 4 minutes 12 seconds), Mohamed Ibrahim Elwakeel (9 hours 23 minutes 6 seconds), Carol Lee Heltzel (9 hours 28 minutes 28 seconds), Alison Streeter (9 hours 33 minutes 0 seconds), Lamiaa Zahy (9

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is no holiday when you are a hard-core open water swimmer. You might be on vacation, but you will find yourself always looking at bodies of water and thinking, “I wonder what the water temp is? I wonder if anyone has swum there before? I wonder how long

I will get to this tomorrow……completely ridiculous to do this! The girls we swam at at SMU in college caked it on. I will try to find a pic of one of them 😉 Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source

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