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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matías Ola organized another winter swimming event in his native Argentina. This time in early December called the Winter Swimming Ski Portillo Chile, a high-altitude swim of 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) in altitude in the Andes Mountains. For more information, visit www.swimargentina.org. For more photos, visit here. Copyright © […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In April 2004 Kenya Lifesaving And Lifeguards Association (later changed to the Kenya Lifesaving Federation) was registered with the Government of Kenya. By 2006, the organization became a member of the International Lifesaving Federation, the world governing body for the lifesaving and water safety. The Kenyan representatives remain very
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Courtesy of Mediterranean Shipping Company Damla, anchored off of Sydney, Australia. A 37-year-old Japanese surfer was caught in a current off Bulli Beach, south of Sydney, Australia. 16 hours later, he was still hanging onto his surfboard according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The crew on a 300-meter container ship spotted him in the water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Straits of Florida between Cuba and Florida has been the site of many solo swim attempts since 1950. These adventurous swimmers have included Jose Cortinas, Leo Vigil, Rolando Elejalde, Luciana Nunez, Walter Poenisch, Susie Maroney [shown on left], Skip Storch, Chris Green, Diana Nyad, Penny Palfrey and Chloë
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With President-elect Donald Trump taking control of the U.S. federal government in a week, this photo showing Alex Meyer with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden is fitting. Both Meyer, President Obama and Vice President Biden are leaving their respective worlds. While the politicians have not yet
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Howard James (née Keech) was announced today as the winner of the Solo Swim of the Year (male) by the Marathon Swimmers Federation for his English Channel on May 16th 2016, the earliest crossing in history, breaking the previously held record by Kevin Murphy by 13 days. “Howard has
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Video courtesy of Jamie Patrick of Adventure Swimmer Productions in association with Sea Nymph Films. American Sarah Thomas of Colorado swept two awards this year by popular demand. Earlier, she won the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Today, she was announced as the winner of the Solo Swim of the Year
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Ouma Gives Rise To Iron Swim & Open Water Conference Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Majdouline Cherni, the Minister of Youth and Sports of Tunisia, honored Nejib Belhedi as the Tunisian winner of the World Man of the Year 2016 in the aftermath of being voted as the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the second half of Penny Palfrey‘s 109 km (68-mile) swim from Little Cayman to Grand Cayman that took 40 hours 41 minutes in 2011, a helicopter delivered a tub of chocolate ice cream to her escort boat, the Carib Princess. The cold chocolate ice cream was a welcomed
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