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Courtesy of Underwater probes detect ‘sea cyclones’ off coast of Africa, Science Magazine. The Agulhas Current off the southern coast of Africa is one of the world’s fastest moving ocean flows and likely responsible for enormous rogue waves that sink supertankers without a trace…read the rest of a fascinating article here. The courses of the […]
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Courtesy of Warm Atlantic waters wage a new assault on Arctic ice from below, Science Magazine. A new enemy is undermining ice floating on the Arctic Ocean: heat from below…read the rest of the article here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It is simultaneously a great opportunity and a sad outcome when athletes are moved to influence and improve their own sport,” observed Steven Munatones. “They put their trust and belief in administrators of domestic and international governing bodies. They are young and idealistic, and cannot see or imagine the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. South African Madswimmers Jean Craven and Neil Macaskill will participate in the Pan-American Colibrí Swim, a 10 km cross-border swim from California to Tijuana, Mexico on May 5th. “The swim is a global initiative, bringing together 12 swimmers from South Africa, USA, Mexico, New Zealand and Israel, to swim
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The Surfer Bio Project Teaser from Cliff Kapono. Courtesy of Do Seas Make Us Sick? Surfers May Have the Answer, New York Times. Cliff Kapono is a surfing biochemist earning his doctorate at the University of California San Diego who runs the Surfer Biome Project. The native Hawaiian surfer wants to learn if regular exposure
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Courtesy of WOWSA. Two record-breaking attempts around Manhattan Island occurred during the 2010-2011 seasons, both involved Rondi Davies. Captain Tim Johnson provided the background information for the September 10th 2010 record-breaking attempt that involved professional marathon swimmers Mark Warkentin (shown on left above), Petar Stoychev (shown on right above) with Rondi Davies and Tobey-Anne Saracino.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Pan-American Colibrí Swim is a cross-border swim by a group of ocean swimmers and kayakers from five nations whose purpose to raise awareness and funds for the Colibrí Center for Human Rights. “The Colibrí Center for Human Rights serves to alleviate the suffering of individuals whose family members
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christopher Judge will attempt a swim across the North Channel from Donaghadee, Ireland to Portpatrick, Scotland this September in order to raise funds for the Stephen Lyness Foundation, a friend who died 12 years ago from Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome. “I am really looking forward to the experience and
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Courtesy of Jeff Matlow, imATHLETE. Jeff Matlow is the California-based founder and CEO of imATHLETE, an online event management company. The aquapreneur wrote the following advice to race directors and participants in athletic events including many of the open water swims that utilize his software platform. “Back in the year 2000 Google started using a
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