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Courtesy of Lewis Pugh on channel swimming. Want to swim the English Channel this year? Here are my 15 tips for a successful crossing: 1. Find the best coach in town. Make sure he / she suits your personality and believes in you. Read the rest of Lewis Pugh‘s advice here. Copyright © 2015 by […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every triathlete is an open water swimmer although they may not view themselves as one. As the triathlon community continues to grow and share the open water with their more aquatically-oriented colleagues, the ocean and lakes still remain a huge obstacle that many new triathletes must overcome. Since his
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Courtesy of Dan Riordan, Dana Saint, Jordan Ingram, and Shawn Tyler of Gnarly Bay Studio of Westerly, Rhode Island. Gnarly Bay Studio created a short film that speaks about staying young and appreciating those around you. Their observations reminds us of older open water swimmers who help others – and get helped – with their
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On January 28th, eTown will host The Important Places, a story of a father and son who rediscover important places together. Forest Woodward’s inspiration for creating this short film was the desire to shine a light on a series of threats facing the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
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Photo courtesy of Verner Keel, MO[st] Extreme Swims. MO[st] Extreme Swims is a specialized cold water swimming tour company that organizes adventures in Siberia, the Arctic Sea, the Baltics, America, South America, the Russian Far East and beyond. Its first tour of 2016 was at the 2nd German Open Ice Swim in the Wohrsee Lake
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Crispin Thorold is anxious to tell people of his English Channel attempt on behalf of a friend. The talented and experienced journalist who reported for the BBC from more than 20 countries on 4 continents has covered some of the defining moments in recent times. He is using his
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dan Simonelli was not around in 1927 when the first race across the Catalina Channel was held, but the American open swimming coach is going to do his best to replicate history. On the 99th anniversary of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim, Simonelli will attempt a crossing of the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Natasha Brooks, an artist and wild swimmer based on Anglesey, North Wales, explains how she swims and why. Watch her short film here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cameron Bellamy, an analyst with Standard and Poor’s by day, is an adventurer at heart. Born Cape Town and residing in London, the Capetonian waterman has swum three channels of the Oceans Seven: English Channel in 16 hours 29 minutes in 2012, the Strait of Gibraltar in 4 hours
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA has always been about elite swimmers, sanctioning FINA Grand Prix events since 1991 and FINA World Cup events for the last several years as well as overseeing the open water races at the Olympics and World Championships. But FINA has always had an audience and many fans who
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