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First National Kimberley Lake Argyle Swim Courtesy of Glenn Taylor, Lake Argyle, Australia. We gotta like the comprehensive pre-race handbook that is provided to all participants by Glenn Taylor of the First National Kimberley Lake Argyle Swim. It covers everything that a participant should know for a safe and enjoyable 10 km and 20 km […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Craig Dietz, the 42-year-old Limbless Waterman who was born without arms or legs, will attempt his longest swim ever at the Kingdom Swim on July 30th: 6 miles. Dietz is an inspirational speaker whose passion is open water swimming. He swims on his back with a small fin attached
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Masters of the Sea Egypt is an open water swimming event organiser in Egypt that specializes in yacht swimming tours. In addition to the Fayoum Desert Open Water Swim, the Masters also arrange a number of yacht swims: *April 15th: Ras Sedr – Matarma Bay 1 km, 2 km,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Fayoum Desert Open Water Swim is an adventure biathlon and open water swim and destination tour all rolled into one in Egypt’s Fayuom Magic Lake, about 180 km from Cairo. The Masters of the Sea Egypt organize travel from Tunis (‘izbat Tunis) via 4×4 safari vehicles to Magic
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While all kinds of Olympians and world championship medalists were fighting it out at the 2016 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships a few weeks ago, there was one glaring no-show: defending 10 km national and world champion Jordan Wilimovsky of Malibu, California. With the goal of making
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Hotel Rottnest Port to Pub swim is a 20 km and 25 km marathon swim in Perth, Western Australia in the iconic Rottnest Channel from Leighton Beach to Rottnest Island. 25 km Results 1. Bradley Smith 5:34:33.1 (13:22 min/km) 2. Rebekah Weller 6:08:57.0 (14:45 min/km) first female 3.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Great Swims offers a summertime of opportunities: * Great North Swim in Windermere on June 10th-12th * Great East Swim in Alton Water, Suffolk on June 17th-18th * Great Manchester Swim in Salford Quays on July 2nd * Great Newham London Swim at Royal Victoria Dock on July
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A 27-minute exploration by Lynne Cox on how she has thrived on exploring uncharted territories, including the ocean at night. Produced, edited and mixed by Vanessa Lowe of Nocturne with special thanks to Heidi Anderson, Neva Moore, Jemma, Artorias Stark, David Green, Rexter Chambers, David Fisher, Hugo Arenivas, Joseph Potter, Robert Shaw, Mary Jo Eyler,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ron Collins had to call on all his decades of open water swimming experience to handle the situations at yesterday’s 24 mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim. Collins reported, “With winds that gradually increased, the conditions led to a change of the cross-bay swim to a safer triangular contingency course.
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Courtesy of Jason Malick. If you asked a swim support paddler or marathon swimmer what made for an ideal support craft, what would be some properties or responses one might receive? *High Visibility *Ease of Identifying or connecting paddler with swimmer at the start of a race *Trackability and maintaining the straightest point-to-point course line
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