Restube Kickstarter Campaign
Restube courtesy of Kickstarter. Watch Restube‘s Kickstarter campaign here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Heroes And Heroines From Hinsdale
Video courtesy of Bill Lauritzen from Hinsdale, Illinois. Legendary coach Don Watson, author of The Hinsdale Swimming Program, has touched many lives including a vast number of student-athletes from Hinsdale Central High School in the state of Illinois. Many of his swimmers have been subsequently been inducted into various Halls of Fame. The list is
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Day 3 Across The Atlantic, Ben Hooper
Courtesy of Ben Hooper, Swim The Big Blue, Atlantic Ocean. After 3 days and 8 hours, Ben Hooper has swum a total of 37 miles in 28C. Today, he has swum about 6 miles in 5 hours 29 minutes. Follow Swim The Big Blue here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Sharing The Joy Of Open Water Around The World
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Anthony McCarley is a successful entrepeneur who shares his passion, expertise and experience in the open water with everyone and anyone who shares his interests. His road to success has taken him from his hometown of Berwyn in Pennsylvania to innumerable places from Asia to to Europe. His latest
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Lowest Swim In History Completed Across The Dead Sea
Lowest Swim In History Completed Across The Dead Sea Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg, Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel. There are certain open water swims in history that will always stand out for their timing, uniqueness, and diplomacy, operations, and boldness. Solo swims like Lynne Cox‘s swim across th Bering Strait in 1987 or the
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Cruise In Croatia, Freestyling In Faros
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you do not have the money now, do not worry. It only takes US$100 to make reservations for the 2017 Swim Cruise through the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. Ivan Vranjes, Mateo Juric, and Lexie Kelly announced a 9-day, 8-night Swim Cruise that starts in Split, takes swimmers around
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EcoPeace Sees Swimmers’ Global Support Of The Dead Sea
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. EcoPeace Middle East (formerly Friends of the Earth Middle East) is a unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists. Its primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect a shared environmental heritage. Today, EcoPeace Middle East is enjoying an unprecedented expansion of global awareness
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Shore to Shore Across Lake Sidney Lanier
Courtesy of 35-year-old John Fox, Lake Lanier, Georgia. The sun was setting below the horizon and the waters were beginning to calm from the weekend vessel traffic. Having just crossed under Brown’s Bridge on Lake Sidney Lanier, I pulled myself up onto the shore on September 25th after swimming from southwest to northeast. I just
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2017 Mighty Mac Swim Set For Registration
Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim in the Straits of Mackinac between two Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Changes abound for the 2017 Mighty Mac Swim, a charity swim that gave US$20,000 first prize awards in its 2016 edition to both Chris Thompson and Amanda Stevens [see results below]. Pre-qualification and registration
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