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Photos courtesy of Cyndia Lavik at the 2015 South Shore Classic in Oahu. Need to capture your open water swimming challenge on Oahu, contact Cyndia Lavik? That is what race directors John Flanagan and Todd Iacovelli did at their South Shore Classic in Oahu. She clearly understands the ocean dynamics and competition as she has […]
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Photos courtesy of Cyndia Lavik, South Shore Classic, Oahu. The South Shore Classic is an ocean swimming competition on the South Shore of Oahu in Hawaii organized by former professional triathlete and world-class marathon swimmer John Flanagan and runner Todd Iacovelli. “I wanted to create a different dynamic,” explains Flanagan about the event that has
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Courtesy of EverythingApplePro. Could be useful information by open water swimmers…
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During the historic meeting between Cuban President Raúl Castro and President Barack Obama in Cuba, President Castro mentioned Diana Nyad‘s swim across the Straits of Florida between Cuba and the United States. He mentioned that her fifth attempt to swam from Cuba to Florida should serve as an allegory
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Courtesy of Nora Toledano, Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González was expecting a 16-hour crossing of the Molokai Channel today. But he faced some big seas and massive swells along the way. The 2015 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year certainly showed his grit in completing his fifth Oceans Seven (Siete Mares)
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SWIM TO AFRICA – 2016 Documentary trailer by Skyscraper Productions from Skyscraper Productions on Vimeo. Unprepared. Jet-lagged. Exhausted. Six swimmers with the goal of completing a tandem swim across the Strait of Gibraltar had three strikes against them. Tankers got in their way. The slower swimmers were lagging. Swim To Africa, a documentary film by
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Whales swimming near Antonio Argüelles. Courtesy of Steve Haumschild, Molokai Channel between Molokai and Oahu. Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González completed his fifth Oceans Seven (Siete Mares) channel yesterday with a 23 hour 18 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel. But he faced some big seas and massive swells along the way. Steve Haumschild recalls the adventure:
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Courtesy of Sabrina Munatones of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nicolas Winograd, a surfer and designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina who lives in San Francisco, California, designed the Nonumb, a simple plastic band that goes around the forefinger and other fingers to help enhance paddling while surfing. But what he also did – perhaps inadvertently, perhaps
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Courtesy of UAINA, Côte Basque-Adour, France. Matthieu Sanchez, a lifeguard in France, created a rescue buoy for lifeguards and for ocean swimmers with two of his lifesaving friends, Loic Vidal and Sylvain Prévautel. “The U Float bouées de sauvetage is, in our mind, the best system to protect yourself and others when you’re swimming. It
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Etapa final e Desafio Elite 2014 – Circuito Light Rei e Rainha do Mar (com depoimentos) from Rei e Rainha do Mar on Vimeo. The King and Queen of the Sea series in Brazil continues to grow. Its latest event is a special new edition in Ubatuba in São Paulo. “São Paulo is the biggest
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