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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Coates Hire Coolangatta Gold is one of the most challenging endurance races in ocean sports. Made famous by a movie 30 years ago, the Coolangatta Gold is as a tradition in Australia’s Gold Coast as the Ironman is in Hawaii. The iconic event offers a 32.4 km short […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The recipes that Beth French uses on her channel swims and training are simple. For hydration, French uses coconut milk – or alternatively either rice milk or almond blend carton – mixed with Ovaltine powder. “I put in 3 heaped desert spoons of powder in 750ml of coconut milk.
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Christian Jongenel’s Double Manhattan Circumnavigation from Fernando Alonso Films on Vimeo. There have been numerous 28.5-mile (45.8 km) circumnavigations around Manhattan Island since 1915, but there have only been a few multi-circumnavigations. These attempts and successes include the following: 1979 double attempt – George Kauffmann (USA) 1980 double attempt – Tom Hetzel (USA) 1983 double
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 56-year-old Stephen Junk finds himself in rarified air among his channel swimming enthusiasts. Junk crossed off his sixth Oceans Seven channel with his latest crossing of the Molokai Channel earlier this month. He completed the Molokai Channel swim in 13 hours 50 minutes, hitting many jellyfish along the way.
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Courtesy of Rondi Davies, 20 Bridges Swim Around Manhattan, New York. Rondi Davies, David Barra, and Alex Arévalo announced the dates and registration information about the 2017 20 Bridges Swim Around Manhattan. “As many of you know, midway through the 2016 open water season, New York Open Water picked up the baton where NYC Swim
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Courtesy of Michael Ventre, New York to London Swim. Michael Ventre is training for his swim across the Atlantic Ocean as a charity swim to support Oxfam. His latest partner is Real Meal Revolution. “RMR is a household name in South Africa and promotes a nutritional lifestyle of eating reduced carbohydrates, sugar and processed foods
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Karen Burton Reeder was an American professional marathon swimmer and graduate of the Air Force Academy where she received a bachelor’s degree in Human Factor Engineering. After her career, she was honored by becoming a member of the Academy’s Wall of Fame [see above]. She was also inducted in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The global tour of the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup culminated in Hong Kong in a great race. Coming into the final race, Rachele Bruni of Italy held onto a lead with 66 series points with Poliana Okimoto of Brazil in second with 58 points and Angela Maurer
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Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, San Pedro Channel, California. Incredible perseverance paid off for Beth French yesterday, who traveled to Southern California from the United Kingdom to swim the Catalina Channel. She completed her crossing in 19 hours 7 minutes in 17°C (64°F) waters that dropped to 15°C (59°F) degrees off the California coast
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