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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Okanagan Lake has been a busy venue this summer. On July 26th, American Adam Ellenstein from Detroit completed a 105 km wetsuit swim across Okanagan Lake from Vernon to Penticton in British Columbia, Canada. His VictorySwim105 was conducted under the guidance of his wife and crew chief Amelia Ellenstein. […]
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Courtesy of Ben Barham, Lake Geneva Swimming Association, Switzerland. Frequent Flyers, a 6-person relay, completed a 69 km butterfly attempt across Lake Geneva from Chateau de Chillon to Geneva in Switzerland. The sextet of Mark Johansen, Kevin Blick, Sam Mould, Robert Fisher, Rob Ouldcott, and Boris Mavra finished in 33 hours 34 minutes on July
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A goggle tan* is the division on a swimmer’s temple and around their eyes between skin of noticeable paleness relative to the rest of the face that has been suntanned by prolonged sun exposure. Upper photo shows Vedika Bolliger, a 34-year-old Swiss swimmer who swam across Lake Geneva on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jack Berkery is an 68-year-old endurance athlete who has run over 40,000 miles while participating in 475 running races on roads, tracks and trails. The former lifeguard has swum most of his life, but he only swam for cross-training purposes only. But after five decades since being a lifeguard,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 25 male finalists and 25 female finalists in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will follow the [rather complicated] course directions [shown above] in a 4-loop race: Lap #1: Start at 1, round turn buoy 5, head to turn buoy 3, swim to turn buoy 4, swim around turn
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As the 2016 Rio Olympic Games begins and heroic athletic performances are unfolding before the global media, we heard radio announcers in Los Angeles recommend that people “do not eat the sand” in Rio de Janeiro due to poor water quality. It is advice that we are sure the
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Courtesy of Team EverWalk, Huntington Beach, California. Over the last several years, Diana Nyad and Bonnie Stoll spent countless days and innumerable hours training and planning for Nyad’s solo swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida. After they accomplished the goal, their abundance of energy led them to plan another endurance event. Over the
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Founder of the International Ice Swimming Association. Snow has come to Africa. Big-time. And ice swimmers have gathered in Lesotho. “We can’t miss an icy opportunity to chase the best snow in Southern Africa for 20 years,” explains Ram Barkai of the International Ice Swimming Association. “Lesotho, a sovereign country within
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