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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
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
Courtesy of Kyle Thiermann, Santa Cruz, California. Kyle Thiermann is an American podcaster, filmmaker, YouTuber (under the Surfing For Change), and surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He wants positive change to occur in the world and he calls attention to those with the same mindset on his podcasts and YouTube videos. He interviewed American marathon
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers get around. And few get around more than Bruckner Chase who speaks and conducts programs and competes from Poland and Australia to American Samoa and Greece. His innovative work with disabled open water swimmers in pools and the ocean with the Ocean Swimming & Prone Paddleboarding
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Courtesy of Plasticity Forum in Anaheim, California hosted by Doug Woodring of Ocean Recovery Alliance The focus of the Ocean Recovery Alliance is to bring together new ways of thinking, technologies, creativity and collaborations in order to introduce innovative projects and initiatives that will help improve the ocean environment. This includes creating business opportunities for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ioannis Kifonidis is an actor, director, writer, journalist and TV host. Comfortable in front of the camera and audiences in Greek theatre, cinema and television, Kifonidis is even more comfortable in the open water. As the General Secretary of the Helenique Marathon Swimming Club and coached by Nikolaos Repanas,
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Courtesy of Dionne Tatlow, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dionne Tatlow and Jason Watt are the co-race directors of Crown The King Open Water Swim in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Crown The King Open Water Swim is a unique 1.6 km, 4 km swim and a 10 km marathon swim at Trippes Beach on Waskesiu Lake in Prince Albert
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Courtesy of Susan Simmons, Great Bear Rain Forest, California. Susan Simmons has attempted back-to-back distance swims over the past few years despite being wracked with multiple sclerosis. “I’ve been in recovery mode over the winter. The wear of the two big swims over the past few years has accumulated and made it difficult for me
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker flew to Southern California to cross the Catalina Channel en route to his Oceans Seven achievement. He is returning to California again on June 13th to lead a one-day Swim Stroke Masterclass where he will teach his Ocean Walker Technique, an all-day lesson at the City of
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Courtesy of Swimming Canada. Mark Perry develop Great Britain’s open water swimming program in the lead-up to the inaugural 10 km marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He analyzed the situations, visited venues, studied conditions, and understood foreign competitors, developed racing plans and comprehensive budgets in his position. Time moves on and so did
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