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Live Chat With Dr. Marcus Eriksen, Anna Cummins Of 5Gyres Courtesy of AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, California. On Friday May 22nd from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm California time, Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins will discuss their work on Zoom. Marcus Eriksen is Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder of 5Gyres, an […]
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Douglas McConnell Talks About Virtual Teamwork Courtesy of Douglas McConnell, Vissant Capital Corporation, Illinois. A Long Swim has raised US$500,000 for ALS research, dedicated to the groundbreaking and collaborative research at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, one of the top ALS research laboratories in the world. Douglas McConnell announced the
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Damián Blaum Talks About Racing Around The World On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 38-year-old International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Damián Blaum of Argentina has enjoyed and endured one of the most prolific careers on the professional marathon swimming circuit. Blaum talked about many of his global adventures and professional
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Mike Oram Talks About English Channel Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Dover, England. 73-year-old Mike Oram, the world’s most experienced channel escort pilot, is a fountain of expertise and experience of all kinds of English Channel crossings including solo swimmers, rowers, adventure, extreme and wetsuit athletes, and London to Paris triathletes (approximately
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WOWSA Live Interviewees Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison and Antonio Argüelles are the personable, widely traveled hosts of WOWSA Live. Together with Steven Munatones, the WOWSA Live hosts have done over 100 one-on-one interviews with luminaries from the sport of open water swimming from
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Doug Woodring Talks About Deplasticizing Open Water On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Hong Kong. Ocean advocate and race director Doug Woodring, a highly energetic 54-year-old American living in Hong Kong for decades, was recently inducted as an Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame the Class of 2020. He is
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Avishag Turek Scores A 10 Across The Sea of Galilee Courtesy of Guy Cohen, Sea of Galilee, Israel. On May 5th, Avishag Turek completed her 10th ratified lengthwise crossing of the Sea of Galilee in Israel in 6 hours 19 minutes 15 seconds. “The Galilee Marathon Swimming Association ratified the crossing as the official return
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36-year-old channel swimming pioneer Dr. Caroline Block has been pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland for several years now. She has helped people realize that a two-way crossing of the 35 km channel may actually be humanly possible. Dr. Block, a multi-talented multi-faceted anthropologist, talked
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Marcia Cleveland Talks About Balance And Focus On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Marcia Cleveland talked about a wide variety of issues from collegiate swimming and masters swimming to channel swimming and giving back with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman
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Reef & Run Redux In 2021 Courtesy of Jane Cairns, Santa Barbara, California. Jane Cairns, race director of the Reef & Run Series, had to come to the same conclusion of tens of thousands of other open water swimming race organizers. She wrote, “It is with a heavy heart that I announce our very difficult
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