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Wayne Riddin Moves On Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Imagine over 18,000 open water swimmers gathering in one location to compete in a variety of amateur, charity, disabled and elite competitions, in a country where there are only 6,000 registered competitive swimmers. This is the environment and event that Wayne Riddin and his team […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. La Fédération d’Haïti, l’Association de Natation Haïtienne et de Sauvetage (or ASHANASA) is taking a giant next step under the leadership of Chairman Dr. Evenel Mervilus and Dr. Mendelssohn Maurice. After the Caribbean nation’s governing body of swimming and life saving was approved in 2013 to 2014 to become
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ferry Weertman gave his chief Olympic rivals from the USA (Jordan Wilimovsky and Sean Ryan), Tunisia (Ous Mellouli) and the rest of the non-European world (e.g., Jarrod Poort and Chad Ho) a hint at what they will face in Copacabana Beach: a furiously fast-charging Dutchman. Weertman won the 2016
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When 58-year-old Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa of Canada became the oldest woman to successfully cross the Cook Strait in New Zealand, her crossing also brought attention to both 55-year-old Pamela Dickson**, 60-year-old Tom Hecker* from California, and 60-year-old Toshio Ogawa (小川敏雄) from Japan. Ogawa’s journey started in 2004 when he
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Photo courtesy of Bruckner Chase of Ocean City Swim Club with his essential tools for any organized open water swim. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While kayaks are generally considered to be the preferred vessel for open water swimming escorts, we personally prefer paddleboards for the following 10 reasons: 1. Paddleboards have outstanding
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Courtesy of Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa, Cook Strait, New Zealand. “The toughest part was the last hour in the dark,” recalled Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa after her 11 hour 34 minute crossing in the 16ºC Cook Strait. “I had to sprint for all I was worth and then dig deeper for more sprint to punch through the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jeff Kozlovich was kayaking for a relay team from Russia across the Molokai Channel between the islands of Molokai and Oahu in Hawaii last month. The attempt was called due to sharks. Kozlovich talks about the shark encounter. “Our escort boat tried to scare them away. It didn’t work
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The media is writing articles about world surfing champion Mick Fanning returning to Jeffreys Bay in South Africa where he was attacked by a shark last year [see New York Times article here and a vide of his shark encounter above]. While it takes a lot of courage for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Most recently, Ranie Pearce had an encounter with a large shark while attempting a crossing of the Molokai (Kaiwi) Channel. Harry Huffaker, one of the most prolific Hawaiian Isles channel swimmers in history, was talking with Mike Holmes who was his lead paddler on his first Hawaiian channel 49
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lewis Pugh does extreme swims for a purpose: to help protect the world’s environment. He talks about the patience, planning and pain of creating a Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea near Antarctica. Read his description of the process here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming
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