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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today at the Low Wood Bay Resort Hotel & Marina, site of the Big Chillswim Winter Swimming Gala, the 2014 and 2015 WOWSA Award winners were honored by many of their peers and hosts Lewis Pugh and Colin Hill. Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González, Henri Kaarma, Bridgette Hobart Janeczko, Nataliya Fatyanova, […]
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Parents and coaches often ask how their young athletes can develop a passion and yearning for the open water. We think there is plenty of advice, but these 10 steps are a good start. 1. Develop a love for the coastline and shoreline. Allow the children to play at the lake, sea, beach, ocean, and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Donald Trump has established a presence, name and brand for himself that has transcended business, media, entertainment, and most recently, politics over the decades. One of the current front runners on the Republican presidential campaign, Trump has also long supported open water swimming including solo environmental swims by Skip
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On and around September 9th 1985, a slew of renowned open water swimmers finally got their chance to swim across the English Channel. The whole lot of them had been waiting for weeks for their chance to challenge the Channel. “The day was overcast, but the water was flat,”
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Issue: The World Open Water Swimming Association received the following inquiry based on the following article: The Issue Came Up: Disability, Injury, Assisted Or Wetsuit?. Background: An open water swimmer had an emergency discectomy inserting an artificial disc between his C5/C6 cervical spine based an rugby injury. After six
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jendamark Bellbuoy Challenge is organized by Michael Zoetmulder of Zports [shown on left]. The 5 km sea swim is called the most difficult open water race in the Indian Ocean. “This is one of the many epic open water swimming events in South Africa which last year enjoyed a
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Photos from the 2016 Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong by Cow Lau. See here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimmers traditionally write their books after they complete their swims, from Lynne Cox to Lewis Pugh.* But American endurance athlete Paul Lundgren takes readers into the depths and insights of his first two attempts at swimming the Sea of Cortez in his new book, Where Mountains Come to Swim.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many of the ice swimming photos posted on the Daily News of Open Water Swimming are courtesy of Nuala Moore of Ireland. While she spends her time serving as a second, working in the recovery teams in the saunas, and doing photography at ice swimming events, she also has
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Video courtesy of Silesia Winter Swimming, MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI W ZIMOWYM PŁYWANIU. Content courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. The first International Ice Swimming Association 1 km Championship in Poland drew an impressive number of world-class swimmers. Carved out of a frozen lake, The Ice in Katowice, Poland attracted 21 athletes competed in the
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