Remembering The 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim
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Dog Days Of Summer Need Protection
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jill Stephens of Seal Beach, Califonia created My Dog Nose It! The unique product came about when Stephens, a basal cell carcinoma skin cancer survivor, saw freckles on her dog’s discolored nose had freckles. Her veterinarian said it was caused due to the sun. She looked for a canine
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The Long And Short Of MARNATON, Cap de Creus
Courtesy of Clara Rabat, MARNATON SwimRun Cap de Creus, Spain. Registration is now open for the second edition of the MARNATON SwimRun Cap de Creus. Clara Rabat explains the October 28th biathlon. “The challenge alternates between different stretches of running and swimming in the spectacular landscape of Roses and Cadaqués. This year, a sprint distance
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Craige Crosses Gibraltar In Ernest
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ernest Craige, an American swimmer, had a dream to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar. The 69-year-old from Chapel Hill, North Carolina explained his journey on his first major channel crossing. “It took me three years to get a slot with the Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association [or the
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Kickstarting The Final Budget For The Longest Swim
Courtesy of The Longest Swim, Pacific Ocean. Benoît Lecomte plans to swim across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo to San Francisco with an overriding goal to better understand and protect the oceans. “The Longest Swim is also the first scientific expedition of its kind, making it possible to collect important data on the state of
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Red Bull Supports Surf + Rescue
Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Red Bull Surf + Rescue, Atlantic City, New Jersey. “Red Bull Surf + Rescue has got to be one of the best showcases for what ocean lifeguards and surf lifesaving sports is all about,” said Technical Director Bruckner Chase of the 2016 event held in Atlantic City on the seaside community
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The Legacy Of The Cortiñas
Photo courtesy of J. Albert Diaz. Jose Cortiñas of Cuba [shown on left] was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1967 as an Honour Swimmer after completing a 10 hour 45 minute crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar in 1948, failing at the English Channel in 1949 and a relay crossing
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Swimtrekking Tours With Francesco Cavaliere
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Francesco Cavaliere of ASD Swimtrekking is hosting another swimtrekking venture on Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic Sea between June 2nd-4th. Cavaliere has already guided two swimtrekking ventures this year; one to Vanuatu and Australia in February and another in Ecuador and Galapagos in March. He offers another tour in
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Trent Grimsey Shares The Cold
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Trent Grimsey started to make his mark on the open water swimming, he was not known as a cold water specialist. Far from it. But the Aussie distance specialist gradually became acclimatized to colder water temperatures and culminated his career by setting the most hallowed record in the
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