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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Here are 15 ways to tell you come from a swimming family. 1. Somewhere In Your House Is A Dedicated Gear Area. Alabama Photo Courtesy: Amelia J. Brackin This place is full of mesh bags, old see-through swimsuits, goggles, caps, and has a distinct smell of chlorine. 2. There […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ger Kennedy and Barry O’Connor, two Irish ice swimmers, talk about ice swimming during the 2016 Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Olympic Swimming In Hot Water…And Brown, Murky, Slimy & Polluted Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The occasionally-discussed, minor-problem-in-the-big-Olympic-picture debate about whether or not the location of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim should remain at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay seems to not go away. While the IOC and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
‘——– THE END-WET 2020 GUEST SWIMMER IS… ——————————– Before we announce who this year’s Guest Swimmer is going to be, I wanted to do a small introduction. My name is Don Henderson and I am taking over direction of END-WET this year. The esteemed Tim Bauer will be helping me take this on. Tim needs
Swimming At The Bottom Of The World Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Antarctica. 1. Lynne Cox (USA) 1.96 km in 0.0°C in 25 minutes in Neko Harbour at 64.8° S latitude in 2002 2. Lewis Pugh (UK) 1 km in 0.0°C in 18 minutes in Petermann Island at 65.2° S latitude in 2005 3.
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From The Backyard To The Channel Courtesy of Chris Morgan, Gators Swim Club, Danvers, Massachusetts. In this era of lockdowns, quarantines and shelter-in-place ordinances, swimmers can find alternatives to their temporarily closed training facilities and beaches: backyard swim pools. These backyard pools present a useful alternative in these trying times. Chris Morgan of Gators Swim
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Huck Tucker Talks About Enabling Success On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Windermere, England. Hugh Tucker was pulled only 0.7 miles from the French shore in a dramatic 25 hour 14 minute attempt of the English Channel. Slipping in and out of consciousness, her crew pulled her from the water, ending her dream of
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Annaleise Carr, the youngest participant in the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland, is a young lady well beyond her years. She was honored during the WOWSA Awards for being voted online as the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
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