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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Angel Yanagihara is now working at the National University of Ireland at Galway as a funded Fulbright Specialist. Her mission? To work on mitigation of the impacts of lion’s mane jellyfish on finfish aquaculture and sting events in humans for five weeks. The results of her work will […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Capri Djatiasmoro completed Stage 6 of the recent 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York. She took 6 hours 1 minute to swim 15.7 miles (25.2 km) from the Tappan Zee Bridge to the George Washington Bridge. The Project Manager for M&J Edelman & Associates in New York
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. People of all ages, abilities and backgrounds participate in open water swimming for many reasons. You swim because it might be a hot summer day…or you want to become more fit or tone…or you are a competitive swimmer…or you are a lifeguard or a triathlete. No matter if you
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sam Mould is a SwimQuest Holidays swim guide and artist who has created a variety of open water swimming prints. See here. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. SwimQuest Holidays was nominated for the Best Activity Holiday Company Award in the prestigious British Travel Awards 2016. “We need your help to win,” said founder John Coningham-Rolls. One of SwimQuest Holidays offerings is a holiday swimming tour of the Lofoten Islands. SwimQuest Holidays offers a holiday tour oriented
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sun Sentinel reported in 1981 that Stella Taylor, an American Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame from Florida, swam 24 miles across Loch Ness in Scotland in 18 hours 58 minutes in 48°F (8.8°C) water. In an NBC News telecast on September 2nd 1981,
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Courtesy of Anna Marshall and Jason Papps, Lake Taupo Marathon Swim, North Island, New Zealand. Michelle Macy created the Still Water 8*, a group of 8 marathon swims in lakes for seriously-minded swimmers who are focused on lake marathon swims. Successful completion of these 8 marathon swims has never been recorded by a single individual.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professor Michael Johmann became a member of the Half Century Club and Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his rough water 11 hour 23 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel on June 21st. His Catalina Channel Swimming Federation observer Dan Simonelli reported, “Michael endured rough conditions throughout the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is nearly impossible to accurately predict the medalists in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games…but some athletes are ideally prepared to swim the race of their lives and capture gold. There are a number of reasons why Ana Marcela Cunha will stand on
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