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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Escort pilot Michael Twigg-Smith of Stellina Mare has escorted the following 23 individuals and relay teams across the Molokai Channel between the islands of Molokai and Oahu in Hawaii between 2013 and 2017 [to date]: 2013 * The Veterans (a relay with Karen Schmidt, Amy Dantzler, Brent Blackman, Bill […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The results of the 2017 Flowers Sea Swim: 1. Jordan Wilimovsky 16:22.11 2. Chip Peterson 16:38.99 3. Nicholas Masse-Savard 17:39.24 4. Raben Dommann 17:40.06 5. Ashley Twichell 17:41.14 [first woman] 6. Alexander Katelnikoff 17:42.45 7. Yasunari Hirai 17:48.17 8. Blake Etheridge 17:49.67 [won the 10 km in 2:03:10.57] 9.
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Courtesy of Jaimie Monahan, Coney Island and Brighton Beach, New York. As a marathon swimmer, event director, photographer, and crowd favorite at winter swimming events around the globe, Capri Djatiasmoro embodies the spirit of adventurous swimming in New York City and around the world. The original Swim Angel, Capri’s warm smile and soothing voice have
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. An elite team of extreme cold water swimmers will attempt a 70 km relay across the Irish Sea between the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. If there is any team of extreme adventurers ready for this crossing, it is most certainly the hardened and experienced sextet of Olive
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kevin Shinnick from El Segundo, California has been involved in Hollywood in both television and film for his adult life. Between his deadlines and pressures, he had the time, energy and passion to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming last year (English Channel in hours minutes, Catalina
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Courtesy of James Silson filming out-takes of the Wild Swimming Brothers on the Swim The Eden, Cumbria, England. The Swim the Eden Expedition was an unprecedented 3-man 90-mile (145 km) 9-day stage and source-to-sea swim by Jack Hudson, Calum Hudson and Robbie Hudson down the length of the River Eden in Cumbria, England where each
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, Shu Pu. Feng Yao-Hsien (冯耀先) is the only Chinese swimmer who has been inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame to date. The 89-year-old Chinese phenom was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1973 as an Honour Swimmer. At the age 36 in 1964, he swam an unprecedented
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In early December, Jean Craven, Herman van der Westhuizen and 10 other veteran open water swimmers of Madswimmer will attempt to swim the fastest 100 km ocean swim in history. Between December 1st – 3rd (or December 8th – 10th as a weather back-up), Madswimmer aims to complete the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week, Antonio Argüelles joined a long line of open water luminaries (Lewis Pugh, Diana Nyad, Maarten van der Weijden, Ori Sela, Vicki Keith, Dr. Peter Attia, Angel Yanagihara, Ph.D., Maria Conceicao, Dr. Tim Noakes, Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D., Lynne Cox, Guillaume Néry, Dana Vollmer, Craig Dietz, and Kimberley
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi broke his boat-pulling record (by weight) by pulling a 1014-ton ship 425 meters in 35 minutes [shown above] on May 22nd. He was harnessed in with a heavy cable system tethered around his chest in order to accomplish the boat pull [Iron Swim1000]. Belhedi, together with Minister