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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nora Toledano won her age group at the 10 km Cruce Cancún Isla Mujeres in Quintana Roo, Mexico this weekend. “Muy buena prueba de preparación, a un mes del cruce del Canal de Molokai. Entrenamiento en mar, con oleaje y calor,” said the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer […]
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Thank You Very Much, Bruce. Great Job Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach. Bruce Wigo recently announced his plans to resign as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Swimming Hall of Fame after an eventful and remarkable 12-year run. Although his tenure is scheduled to end on December 31st this year, Wigo will
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Courtesy of Beth Harrison, Random Acts, California. Wild Swimming Brothers team member Beth Harrison was selected from hundreds of participants to write, film and direct a short for the Random Acts series. Harrison and Jack Hudson shot the short film above in the Lake District in England that explores how an immersive experience in nature
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Courtesy of Jeff Utsch, Coronado Island, California. The 2nd Annual 11.7-mile (18.8 km) SEAL Memorial Swim is held around Coronado Island on June 29th. The event is held in honor of fallen Naval Special Warfare Operators and is an officially-sanctioned UDT-SEAL Association event. Race organizer Jeff Utsch explains about the charity swim. “The swim start
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The English Channel is called the Mount Everest of swimming. This month, South Carolina’s Allan McLeland [shown above] became the seventh individual in history to complete the Peak and Pond Challenge, a successful solo crossing of the 21-mile English Channel and a successful summit of the 8,848m (29,029 feet)
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Courtesy of Kenneth Thorley, Cocos Lagoon, Guam. The 2017 Guam Cocos Crossing was held on May 28th at Merizo Pier, at the southernmost tip of Guam. 230 entrants swam one of 3 distances: 2.5 miles, 5 km, or 10 km in the clear 80°F (26°C) waters of Guam. The race, in its 25th year, is
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Courtesy of TEDxFulbrightDublin, Ireland. As President Trump will soon make a decision on whether or not to reaffirm his predecessor’s commitment to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, many scientists and researchers continue to raise alarms about long-term effects of global warming. Dr. Triona McGrath gave a 10-minute presentation on ocean acidification at the TED Conference
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alexandra Heminsley is a popular British author in Brighton who writes about running, dating and swimming. The freelance journalist kicked off her book-writing career with Ex and the City: You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Dumps You. She then picked up speed with Running Like a Girl and followed it up
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Imagine swimming the world’s fastest 100 km open water swim… That is exactly what the Madswimmer group is planning to do with another one of its uniquely challenging and exotic charity swims. Their charity events range from high-altitude swims to cross-border swims, from the Red Sea to the Bering
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