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Courtesy of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, South Australia. Eight times Chelsea Gubecka went around the 1.25 km smooth-water course in Brighton Beach, and eight times she looked smoothly and confidently dominatant in the calm waters. The 19-year-old from Kawana Water made her move at the halfway mark when she did not break for the […]
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Courtesy of Global Swim Series, Philippines. The SWIMJUNKIE Challenge Open Water Series is a series of open water swims in the Philippines that include the Subic Bay Island Swim, SWIMJUNKIE Challenge El Nido, SWIMJUNKIE Challenge: Caramoan 10K, and SWIMJUNKIE Challenge: VIP Lobo. The Subic Bay Island Swim is the host of the Global Swim Series
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Shall we swim right through the pilings of the pier? What do you think? Let’s just swim out here in the open ocean decided Lewis Pugh and Bruckner Chase in Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of TED Talks. “Preventing ocean plastic could be humanity’s richest opportunity,” predicts David Katz, a plastics alchemist and founder of The Plastic Bank, an organization that monetizes plastic waste and provides an opportunity for the world’s disadvantaged to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. The Plastic Bank is a global network of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 26 swimmers from 9 countries will participate in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda in Argentina as part of the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series. Damián Blaum will be back to defend his title and will face the 2017 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix winners
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Carl Kawauchi of Honolulu swam the 8.5-mile Pailolo Channel from Maui to Molokai on his fourth career channel in the Hawaiian Islands. Kawauchi has also crossed the Auau Channel (Maui to Lanai), the Kalohi Channel (Molokai to Lanai) and the Alalakeiki Channel (Kahoolawe to Maui). Due to the swells
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Courtesy of Antonio Argüelles and Adam Skolnick, Mexico City. Many open water swimmers have written books over the generations (see here). The effort, organization, diligence, attention to detail and time to write a book is very similar to the effort, planning, commitment, attention to detail and time necessary to complete any endurance event or marathon
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