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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The goal of the ICE Cup – International Ice Swimming Association World Cup – is to establish a circuit with affiliated ice swimming competitions around the globe. “We want to encourage swimmers to travel and participate in events in other countries,” says founder Ram Barkai. “The point system adopted […]
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Self-driving cars are in mankind’s future…as is self-sailing and – quite possibly – self-traversing in open bodies of water. Self-sailing, wind-powered marine craft like the Saildrone are controlled via satellite by operators at the Saildrone headquarters in Alameda, California. The Saildrone can carry up to 160 kg of equipment and travel at up to 5
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the 1949 Canadian National Exhibition, a young Canadian from New Toronto shocked the professional marathon swimming world in the 15-mile championship. Due to the 51°F (10.5°C) water, only three swimmers out of the original 82 finished. 18-year-old Clifford Lumsden won in 7 hours 54 minutes to win the
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Blue Mind trailer from Between Two Harbors by Richard Yelland from Wallace J. Nichols on Vimeo. Go Deeper: The Seven Ages of Water is the second book of a trilogy by Dr. Wallace J. Nichols and will follow his best-selling Blue Mind. “Our aim is to surpass the global audience of over 100 million water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame is attempting to confirm the whereabouts of all its living honourees. However, four individuals have not been heard from in quite some time. If any open water swimmer knows about where the following individuals may be or how they may be contacted,
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Photo of Seti Afoa courtesy of the Samoa Observer. For three millennia, the people of Samoa have been taking to their surrounding waters. And now in contemporary times, Seti Afoa is taking that cultural heritage and expanding it in a contemporary, competitive environment. Afoa has a grand vision to make Samoa a South Pacific nation
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Swimmers Set Guinness Record for High-Altitude Swim Crossing of Kanas in China 投稿者 NTDTV Zhang Jian dreams big. Jian had once hoped to become the first person to swim across the 141 km (87.6 miles) Taiwan Strait between mainland China and Taiwan. “It would be a dream come true,” said the Sports Director at Beijing
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Courtesy of Ben Barham, Lake Geneva Swimming Association, California. The Lake Geneva Swimming Association took a beautiful venue in Switzerland that had only been previously crossed twice before and promoted it as the 69 km Ultimate Trophy Swim. Ben Barham not only established a new governing body that welcomes soloists and relays, but he also
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With virtual reality expanding into our lives in myriad ways with equipment from mobile phones to Oculus Rift, our lives are being transformed to experience deeper and more powerful sensations through our minds, eyes, ears and tactic feel. Music and storytelling are also being infused into the high-tech virtual
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