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Courtesy of Outside Magazine, Honolulu, Hawaii. Last week, legislators in Hawaii proposed a bill that would ban minors from running what the bill calls “long distance” races. Legislators didn’t specify what length that means, but they do explicitly mention half and full marathons. As justification for the ban, the legislation cites this 2010 study in […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. All types of open water swimmers are also accomplished endurance athletes on land. Pádraig Mallon, an Irish Ice Ironman, has done everything from an Ice Mile to a full Ironman triathlon. James Tout has completed the Triple Crown of Endurance Sports with his Hawaiian Ironman in 1981, Boston Marathon
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The Black Sea Landing of Victory relay (or the Swim to Victory 2021) was a 221 km relay across the Black Sea in Crimea ending in Sevastopol, dedicated to the 76th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 77th anniversary of the liberation of from Nazi invaders, organized by the Interregional Association for Cold Swimming (Russia) and the International Ice Swimming Association that was completed by four teams of 40 swimmers who came from Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Azerbaijan in May 2021.
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Richard Gardner is doing a swim trifecta in high-altitude lakes in the Sierra Nevada.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For the race results, see here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. First Algae-Based Surfboard Unveiled Built by UC San Diego and surfing company By: The Editors New SHARES Stephen Mayfield, an algae geneticist and biology professor at UC San Diego, teamed up with professional surfer Rob Machado and Marty Gilchrist of Oceanside, California–based Arctic Foam, the largest surfboard blank manufacturer
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Pam, this is the type of series of articles that I envision writing about you. The photos would augment each article. One Of The Boys Sharing The Passion Madam Butterfly Feeling Beautiful Daring To Bikini Coordinated In And Out Of The Water Stringing Them Along These are just some thoughts on each of these articles
With the Dover training season well underway for the English Channel community, channel swimmers in the Pacific Ocean are also getting ready for their summer on the high seas. Whether they train together or train solo, their focus is on getting from one side of the channel to the other. With hundreds ready to take
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