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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. http://openwaterswimming.wiki/index.php?title=Paige_Kieding Eva Fabian Alex Meyer Keri-anne Payne Nick Theders. He has already completed the Seal Beach swim the Maui mile, the Cayman island race, and the Waikiki rough water (11 years old). All with me, and he kicked my butt! He is also signed up to swim Alaska this […]
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The 5 km Tampa Bay Frogman Swim received more donations than ever in a very difficult year.
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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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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
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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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.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Erica Sullivan is a 17-year-old American high school student from Las Vegas who will join other top American open water swimmers like Olympic silver medalist Haley Anderson and World Championship athlete Becca Mann at USC next year. Before heading off to the World Junior Championships pool and open water
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Top international swimmers to race for one of the world’s biggest open water prizes at extreme 7.5km Cadiz Freedom Swim, Cape Town, South Africa Some of the world’s greatest open water swimmers are among a record field of about 400 at the extreme, 7.5km Cadiz Freedom Swim from Robben Island to Blouberg on May 7
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One things that swimmers like to talk about is how extreme the conditions they have to face in the open water. The water temperature might feel really cold, but the thermometer never lies. The distance might feel very long, but the true straight-line
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Snake Island is located 18 nautical miles off the coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is approximately 110 acres in area. There is a lot of beauty and diversity on the landmass with hills, and cliffs overlooking the open ocean. Since there are so many snakes on the island,
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