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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of FORCE BLUE TEAM. “FORCE BLUE is a unique program that trains military veterans on coral restoration underwater projects,” explains Bruckner Chase. “They are doing their first deployment later this month in Grand Cayman.” The idea for FORCE BLUE grew out of a dive trip that co-founders Jim Ritterhoff and Rudy Reyes took with […]
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Photo courtesy of Joss Hernández. “Yo sola no puedo cambiar el mundo, pero puedo lanzar la piedra que produzca muchas ondas en las aguas,” said Madre Teresa.* So begins the Nado Panamericano Colibrí article by Mariel Hawley of Mexico about her participation in the 10 km Pan-American Colibrí Swim from Imperial Beach, California to Playas
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Darren Turner is an Australian pool and open water swimmer who had a great year in 1989 in which he was named the 1989 World Long Distance Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine. Turner won the 1989 5 km Yarra Super Swim in Melbourne, Australia, then won
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi‘s next World Iron Swim will call the Tunisian swimmer to pull a SONOTRAK ship weighing over 1000 tons in Sfax, Tunisia on May 22nd. Ridha Ammar, Chairman and CEO of SONOTRAK, and Slim Tissaoui, Governor of Sfax, are in full support of this unprecedented boat pull. “There
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Courtesy of Inside The Games. Duncan Mackay, one of Great Britain’s most-connected journalists who has covered six Summer and six Winter Olympic Games, often breaks inside information in the world of Olympic, Commonwealth and Paralympic Games as the editor of insidethegames.biz. Mackay recently broke the news that FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur) has proposed
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Courtesy of Jeff Kozlovich, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. After 17 long hours with the last 10 hours heading into an oncoming 2-3 mph current, Cae Tolman of Australia got into his escort boat as he was being pushed further and further away from Oahu. “It was an awesome attempt that he started last night at 5:06
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Courtesy of Abhejali Bernardova, Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. Abhejali Bernardova of the Czech Republic shares her thoughts during her 21 hour 52 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “The Great Bear Rainforest, along British Columbia’s north and central coast, is a Canadian treasure, and without question one that also holds immense global significance. The nutrient rich waters of the Great Bear Sea support a thriving abundance that sustains an equally diverse terrestrial ecosystem.” So describes Dale Robinson
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Courtesy of Santorini Experience, Santorini Island, Greece. During the 15th Ermis Awards in Greece, the Santorini Experience was awarded an Ermis Gold Award for the best production of a sports event among 118 entries that took part in the Ermis Production. The third edition of the Santorini Experience will take place on October 6th –
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Courtesy of Rory Fitzgerald, English Channel. A team of experienced open water swimmers completed the earliest crossing the English Channel yesterday in water that ranged from 8.5°C (47.3°F) along the English coast to 11°C (51.8°F) on the French side. The team, organized by Howard James completed the swim in 11 hours 26 minutes on April
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