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Peak And Pond People Courtesy of Eric Blakeley MBE, Jersey. The Peak and Pond Challenge is a unique solo achievement by a highly exclusive club of adventurers who not only successfully summit the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, but who also swim across the most renowned stretch of water, the English Channel. The […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the winter swimming and ice swimming season now in full force, the issue of cold water is on the minds of many open water swimmers. Masaru Emoto of Japan was a renowned researcher and deep thinker who developed the idea to freeze water and then observe and photograph
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Wild Water Armagh, Northern Ireland. Unbelievable. Mind-boggling. Impossible. Dryland athletes think of these adjectives when ice swimmers compete in water nearing 0ºC (32ºF). Ice swimmers are simply pushing the boundaries to explore just how far, how fast and how cold they can swim as the water crystals nearly turn to ice.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan [see photos above], Germany’s Peggy Büchse won the 10 km race over Russia’s Irina Abysova and Edith van Dijk. After the races on Momochi Beach in the calm Hakata Bay, Abysova (Russian: Ирина Алексеевна Абысова) took stock of her swimming
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Men’s 5 km race at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships Women’s 5 km race at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 2001 at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, there were 6 outstanding races with the Italian, Russian, German, Dutch and French swimmers dominating the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine swims on. He completed yet another unprecedented swim in his native Philippines, a 15.1 km swim in the Bohol Sea from Pamilacan Island to Baclayon proper in 5 hours 59 minutes. “Thank you to my 2 skillful navigators Edwin Dela Cruz and Roel Catoto, my undying
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. New Zealand Ocean Swim Series participants Liam Albery and Emma Robinson won today’s 3.3 km Capital Classic swim in Wellington, where 1,250 registered participants also took competed in multiple swim distances (300m ‘Give it A Go’, 1 km ‘Step It Up’, and 200m ‘OceanKids’ for 14 & unders). The
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California with USA Swimming coach Jack Fabian and his daughter Eva Fabian. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Austrian Open Water Cup, organized by Andreas Sachs, is an open water swimming series in Austria sponsored by Arena for swimmers of all ages and abilities. The 2016 series will celebrate its fifth season with the following races: Stage 1: 7 May 2016: 3.8 km Apfelland swimming marathon
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bill Welzien is the undisputed King of Key West. As of October 2015, Welzien has completed 72 circumnavigations of 12.5 miles (20.1 km) around Key West, Florida over the course of his lengthy career. “Our 40th annual Swim Around Key West is scheduled for June 4th. I hope on
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