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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With American presidential debate #3 pitting Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton scheduled tonight in Las Vegas, many Americans will be riveted to their television sets, smart phones and computers being entertained, intrigued, upset and/or disappointed. Monica Akhtar from The Washington Post created this de-stress video [shown above] showcasing a […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jim Pritchard*, grandson of Francis ‘Frank’ Pritchard, an American open water swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2009 as an Honour Swimmer, provided the cartoon above, published in 1937 entitled, Winning A Marathon Swim. Pritchard was active in marathon swimming between 1927
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Courtesy of Janez Maroević, Faros Maratón, Croatia. Croatia Open Water Swim Cruise is organized by Ivan Vranjes and Mateo Juric. The water polo players started a successful Water Polo Cruise program in Croatia. Swim Cruise is a 9-day, 8-night cruise that starts from the city of Split and goes around central Dalmatian islands and towns.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 51-year-old Spanish ‘ultranadador’ Carlos Peña has completed 56 different backstroke extreme swims around the world, totaling more than 5,000 km over his three-decade career. His latest 36-hour charity swim across a dam in western Spain, the Gran Embalse de Alcántara in Cáceres, was performed to benefit the Confederación Española
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Courtesy of Joe Noonan, DolphinWhisperer.org.
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Courtesy of Beth French, Catalina Channel, Southern California. “…The phosphorescence was incredible- impossible to describe the fireworks that spiral off your fingertips as they move through pitch black water, even the rim of your goggles creating a mesmerising display that was dazzling and overwhelming, cascades of luminous effervescence…” writes Beth French about her 19 hour
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most influential individuals in history who motivated many to enter the open water is Dave Scott, the six-time Hawaii Ironman champion. Literally, millions of athletes of all ages have turned to the sport of triathlon and, therefore, the open water to compete in part because of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers and triathletes occasionally talk about being scared of sharks and the pain of jellyfish stings. But, in reality, shark encounters are quite rare and jellyfish stings are mostly avoided by most swimmers on most occasions in the ocean. But what really startles us in the open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After Rob Butcher‘s tenure as the Executive Director of U.S. Masters Swimming ended, the organization conducted a national recruiting search and landed Newport Beach (California) native, Dawson Hughes. Dawson grew up around the Pacific Ocean and began swimming year-round at the age of 8. He culminated his competitive pool
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Renowned masters swimmer and 4-time winner of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim in her native Honolulu Nadine Day was the 2016 recipient of the Capt. Ransom Arthur M.D. Award. The award is given annually to the volunteer who epitomizes the spirit of Captain Ransom J. Arthur, M.D., the founding father
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