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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Circuito Aqua is an open water swimming 4-race circuit in Brazil that includes the Volta Do Parcel, Desafio Do Lago, Travessia Maravilhosa, and the Fuga Das Ilhas. * 1.5 km Volta Do Parcel on April 17th in Juqueky São Sebastião, São Paolo * 2 km Desafio Do Lago on […]
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. Ram Barkai announced that the posting of proposed changes to the International Ice Swimming Association (IISA) Constitution. Several changes to the IISA events and sanctioned swims were significant, from the addition of shorter events to the definition of an Extreme Ice Swim. “Changes [in the proposed constitution
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are all kinds of open water swimming courses: The classic course is a point-to-point (or linear) course or a bank-to-bank course, but there are also interesting geometric courses (triangular or rectangular or loop), ship-to-shore courses, out-and-back courses, island-to-island swims, coastal swims, transoceanic swims, and circumnavigations. Although transoceanic swims
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympic medalist Martina “Grimmy” Grimaldi and Davy Billiau celebrate the nickname of Olympic swimmer Yasunari Hirai. Below is a small sampling of nicknames of a number of open water swimmers: Yasu: Yasunari Hirai (Japan) The Unstoppable Turtle: Robbie Hudson (UK) Lala: Tipalelupe Lala Toatasi Tu`ua (New Zealand) Chappie: Johnny
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Courtesy of Rei e Rainha do Mar, Brazil. The Rei e Rainha do Mar organizations also conduct charitable programs to benefit the local population (see here): * Pro Criança Cardíaca (procrianca.org.br) * COOPCAL * Instituto Benjamin Constant (ibc.gov.br) * Categoria PCD * Instituto Correr Pela Vida (correrpelavida.org.br) * Rio Eu Amo Eu Cuido (rioeuamoeucuido.com.br) *
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professional marathon swimmers balance their training cycles around their national and international competitions. Japan’s Yasunari Hirai, a Brand Ambassador at Mizuno, has quite the international schedule: Hong Kong, China, Brazil, Hungary, Portugal, U.S.A., United Arab Emirates, Australia, Russia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, in addition to training in Thailand, Japan,
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Courtesy of The Royal Gazette, Bermuda. The Royal Gazette published an article about the attempt by a Dutch-born teacher Fernanda Varga who aimed to replicate the pioneering circumnavigation of Bermuda by Dr. Sean O’Connell in 1976. For 40 years, the 35-mile Round Bermuda Swim has only been attempted 3 times: The first attempt and second
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Courtesy of H2Open Magazine. Simon Griffiths, founder of H2Open Magazine, certainly talks the talk and walks the walk. He will swim 31 miles in 31 pools in the U.K. from February 25th to March 1st in a pretty intense charity stage swim. Griffiths is supported by a team from #TeamBETTER as a fund-raiser for Sport
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last year, neoprening Katie Nimmo of the Cheltenham Swimming & Waterpolo Club (1:20.30) nearly knocked off bioprening Oliver Wilkinson of the Gloucester Masters (1:20.22) in the annual Brownsea Island Swim. Brownsea Island is the largest of 8 islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England. The Brownsea
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