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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2017 Gran Fondo Italia (or Circuit Gran Fondo Italia) is an open water swim series in Italy organized by Alessandro Pilati of Swimming in Open Water (NAL) with other Italian organizers that includes: * June 25th: 17 km Gran Fondo Porto Conte in Sardinia, Alghero (Sassari) * July […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Coach Adam Walker works with Ashley Jenkins who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. “Ashley can’t move his legs or lift his head. Swimming is the only time he is not confined to his wheelchair. He learnt to swim two years ago and did a mile
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Imagine taking calls and emails from swimmers of all ages and abilities around the world – all throughout the year. They all want to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar – one of the world’s most iconic waterways – and they want to do it roughly at the same
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Courtesy of Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 TDI Quattro with Nuala Moore in Dingle in Co Kerry, Ireland. The World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year is an annual WOWSA Award that is meant to honor individuals who (1) best embody the spirit of open water swimming, (2) possess the sense of adventure, tenacity and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean Recovery Alliance founder Doug Woodring came up with another clever, easy-to-implement practical idea for beach-goers, ocean swimmers, and ocean advocates. He created the Pick Me Up bag. “One of the problems with beach cleanups is that people do not have bags or things to put their trash inside.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. OceanFit is offering its last Bondi Beach clinic for the season this weekend. OceanFit has brought its clinics to Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast, Wollongong and Manly as well as its morning ocean fitness classes on Bondi Beach. “We’ll give you and your family the confidence to live your
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Report by Lewis Pugh (nicknamed Hombre De Hielo or Ice Man by the local media), photography by Kelvin Trautman around Chile’s Cape Horn 56° South. Today we experienced [failure]. And yes, there were lessons learned. Lesson one: avoid multiple mission objectives. That’s not always easy, when you find yourself in a spectacular part of the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As expected, the 450m endurance event at this year’s Big Chill Swim in Windermere was won by Germany’s Christof Wandratsch. But the competition in the winter swimming community is heating up. After four consecutive years of winning the 1 km race in England, Wandratsch was defeated by Scotland’s James
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