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Photo courtesy of Hans-Peter Sick and results courtesy of FINA, Hoorn, Netherlands. In the wake of the 2016 European Open Water Championships, the next generation of open water swimming stars showed off their talents in the same venue in Hoorn, Netherlands at the 2016 FINA World Junior Open Water Championships. The opening day saw the […]
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Photo courtesy of Hans-Peter Sick and results courtesy of FINA, Hoorn, Netherlands. In the wake of the 2016 European Open Water Championships, the next generation of open water swimming stars showed off their talents in the same venue in Hoorn, Netherlands at the 2016 FINA World Junior Open Water Championships. 200 swimmers between the ages
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Photo courtesy of Hans-Peter Sick and results courtesy of FINA, Hoorn, Netherlands. In the wake of the 2016 European Open Water Championships, the next generation of open water swimming stars showed off their talents in the same venue in Hoorn, Netherlands at the 2016 FINA World Junior Open Water Championships. 200 swimmers between the ages
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Courtesy of Adrian Sarchet enroute to his fifth Oceans Seven channel. Adrian Sarchet took a photo looking from Molokai to Oahu that captures the Molokai Channel in a single shot. Koko Head is shown on left; Koko (volcanic) Crater is right of center with Sandy Beach at its base. Copyright © 2016 by World Open
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Course data and image of the Out, Around, and Back Relay, courtesy of Evan Morrison. Sharks. Jellyfish. Hypothermia. Currents. Winds. Small craft advisories. Injuries. There are many, many reasons for a swim to result in an uncompleted mission – mostly to do with marine creatures or the marine environment. But in the world of open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Nothing great is easy,” is enscribed on English Channel pioneer Captain Matthew Webb’s memorial. There are plenty of other pithy sayings attributed to those who spend time in the open water: “Big love as always,” Nick Adams, 12-time English Channel swimmer. “Anything worth doing is worth overdoing,” marathon swimmer
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Courtesy of Daniel Straub, creator of the Sealander Amphibious Camping Trailer Boat. Designed and built by German designer Daniel Straub, the Sealander is a unique marine-dryland vehicle that serves a regular recreational vehicle on land and can also serve as an escort boat on the water. The Sealander is a caravan and boat, all in
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Courtesy of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. “Each time we make a journey across the North Channel we find something different that humbles us. Today’s adventure was man against nature in its rawest form,” described escort pilot Pádraig Mallon of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services. “Andrew
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Courtesy of Aaron Begle, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Adrian Sarchet completed a 17 hour 24 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel on July 11th. Under the escort of Captain Michael Twigg-Smith and escort kayaker Jeff Kozlovich, Sarchet’s crossing was universally described as brutal. “It was an emotional finish for Adrian Monday evening as he completed his
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