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Write On When Not Swimming Handwritten letters courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Newport Beach, California. In these trying times of lockdown, quarantines and shelter-in-place ordinances, the lives of swimmers – among others – have been turned upside down with pool and beach closures. Suddenly, swimmers cannot swim, but more importantly, they miss the camaraderie of being […]
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2020 International Ocean Film Festival Courtesy of International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco, California. The International Ocean Film Festival postponed its 17th annual film festival scheduled for March 12th – 15th in San Francisco, California due to the current status of the COVID-19 virus. The film festival will be held at a later date this
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The Streets Of San Francisco Courtesy of Space Race Studio, San Francisco Bay, California. The spread and countermeasures for COVID-19 have literally emptied the streets, pools of San Francisco. But according to locals can appreciate that at least Aquatic Park remains open to bay swimming in San Francisco Bay. Copyright © 2008 – 2020 by
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Liz Fry, A Force Of Nature, On National Public Radio Courtesy of Dr. Sharon Ufberg, National Public Radio. Liz Fry retells her remarkable story of achievement and challenge on National Public Radio in an interview with Dr. Sharon Ufberg here. The 60-year-old Fry was nominated for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the
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Dr. Ted Gover, An American In Tokyo Courtesy of Ted Gover, Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan. Ted Gover, Ph.D., an open water swimmer from Southern California, spends his dryland time as the Director of the Tribal Administration Program at Claremont Graduate University as well as a public relations and government affairs executive. He teaches courses on American
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Huntington Beach in Southern California has 30 lifeguard towers and Tower Zero on its long concrete pier that are staffed with upwards to 68 lifeguards during the summer months. The lifeguards watch over several thousand visitors each day and perform an average of 4,000 rescues each year. The lifeguards go through rigorous training, testing and
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Newfoundland: Sweet, Patient, Devoted Canine Swimmers Courtesy of John Murray, Ocean Beach, California. John Murray often tells athletes who he trains about the mindset of disabled dogs. “A three-legged dog doesn’t care it is missing a leg. He runs with the other dogs; he goes and fetches sticks or balls. He goes all-out, happy to
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Have Extra Time, Lots Of Energy? You Can Help Courtesy of Ned Denison, Cork, Ireland. With the coronavirus pandemic causing pool and shorelines to be closed and more people put under various lockdown, quarantine, and shelter-in-line ordinances around the world, the number of hours swimmers can train is being significantly reduced. “There are just so
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Antonio Argüelles On This Week’s WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. WOWSA Live will feature one of the most remarkable men in the open water swimming community. His aquatic dreams took him from Mexico City to his formative years at Stanford University and, much later, to an Oceans Seven achievement. From every
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We Can’t Control A Storm, But We Can Control Sails Of Our Ship – Jordan Wilimovsky On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo Bay, Japan. In preparing for the 2008 Olympic 10 km marathon swim qualification race in Sevilla, Spain, Daniel Katzir had his country of Israel inked on both sides of