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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chelsea Gubecka and Kareena Lee went 1-2 again in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia at the 2016 Australian Open Water Championships. 17-year-old Gubecka and 22-year-old Lee topped the podium for the second day in a row after finishing the 5 km in 59.58.98 and 1:00.00.58. 19-year-old […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Now that the FINA Bureau formally decided that wetsuits are part of its open water swimming competitions due to safety* starting in September, swimmers, coaches and national teams must consider the following: * Wetsuits will be mandatory when water temperature is between 16 and 18°C * Wetsuits will be
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jack Burnell of Great Britain made his long trip to Mooloolaba, a tourist resort on the Australian Sunshine Coast of Queensland worthwhile. In the build-up to the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Rio de Janeiro this August, Burnell and his British teammates are traveling the globe to gain even
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Courtesy of Matthew Moseley. Matthew Moseley recently wrote about mental conditioning here: Mental Conditioning for Adventure Swimming…and Life.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andreas Waschburger of Germany finished eighth in the 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in London. And he wants to have another shot at standing on the Olympic podium in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro this August. So he is working hard, fanatically hard. He recently did a 10,000m
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ori Sela of Swim WEST offers 50 short lectures on open water swimming, totaling 1.5 hours, for free here. The course is normally costs $185, but the Daily News of Open Water Swimming readers can obtain the entire 50-lecture course for $0 here. Sela’s curriculum includes the following: Lecture
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For 62 years, the Sea of Galilee has been the site of a mass participation open water swim called the Sea of Galilee Swim. It attracts over 10,000 participants annually in September. The 63rd annual Sea of Galilee Swim will be held September 16th this year and remains the
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Courtesy of Ilanit Yurman, Avishag Turek and Coach Ori Sela. Some open water swimmers do what they have to do to prepare for the cold. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nonumb is a simple plastic band that goes around the forefinger and other fingers to help enhance paddling while surfing. We have not yet tried it, but we think it would be interesting to try it out not only while open water swimming in cold water, but also in
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was all difficult fun: 24 straight hours swimming in Aquatic Park in San Francisco, California as a relay. The swimmers switched on and off with their teammates swimming, napping, laughing, and eating. While Madhuri Yechuri of India completed all her hour-long legs during the 24 Hour Relay in
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