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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Howard James (née Keech) did the improbable. James accomplished the unprecedented. James opened and closed the books on the English Channel crossing season this year in an historically unparalleled fashion. On May 16th, James completed the earliest crossing of the English Channel in 13 hours 13 minutes, a record […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The United States Masters Swimming National Coaches Clinic will be held between November 11th-13th in the College of San Mateo, California. The schedule is as follows: Friday, November 11th: 2:00 – 5:00 pm Open Water, From Start to Finish by Steven Munatones 5:30 – 8:30 pm Team Building Discussion:
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Photos courtesy of Steve Simonsen, St. Croix Coral Reef Swim, U.S. Virgin Islands. Alex Kostich continues another one of his historically long streaks in St. Croix. In September, Kostich extended one of the most remarkable streaks in the competitive open water swimming world: 24 consecutive years of Top 10 finishes at the annual 2.4-mile (3.8
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Photos of Jaimie Monahan courtesy of Arik Thormahlen. Jaimie Monahan is off again as she heads to compete in the opening winter swimming event of the 2016-2017 season at the International Winter Swimming Association 8th Jelgavas Roni Cup in Jelgava, Latvia. If Monahan’s upcoming swim season will be anything like her 2016 season, she is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D. created a new field called neuroconservation where he has tied neuroscience, psychology, nature, art, conservation, and poetry with activities in, around and under the water. He will attend the Blue Ocean Film Festival this weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida where every two years ocean conservation
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One day a year, the Istanbul Strait lies quiet. The other 364 days of the year, the world’s most narrow strait used for international navigation is busy with boat traffic and marine vessels of all sizes and shapes. But in the summer, the link between Asia and Europe that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers often serve as mentors to those individuals younger or less experienced than themselves. They train together as swim buddies and pace each others. Marathon swimmers and channel swimmers share tips and information about swims around the world. They share contacts of kayakers and paddlers, pilots and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tomi Stefanovski was honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame this weekend when he was formally inducted as an Honour Swimmer of the Class of 2016. The former water polo player and professional marathon swimmer was also recognized by his government representatives as he is the first
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, stage swimmers British Ben Hooper and American Jennifer Figge are readying for their transoceanic swims to start soon. As Hooper’s escort boat [see top photo] pulled into Dakar for the Swim The Big Blue, a transatlantic swim from Senegal to Brazil, Figge
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