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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Photos courtesy of Evelyn Hare. Joshua Hare, Jason Hare and his 16-year-old daughter Abigail completed a 7.17 km open water swim from Grand Colombier Island in the French North American territory of St-Pierre-Miquelon to Little Green Island in Newfoundland, Canada on August 15th in the 15ºC water of the Atlantic Ocean. Evelyn Hare, and her […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pat Gallant-Charette unfailingly comes out of the oceans from her training or long marathon swims with a bright, wide smile. For those who know her well, this sunny demeanor is not surprising. For those who understand the pain of jellyfish stings, it is. “I’ve been stung by jellyfish while
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Courtesy of Best Fest 2015, Mallorca, Spain. The BEST FEST is held in Mallorca, Spain between May 28th and June 4th 2016. Ten events in 8 days include the 3-race series called the Colonia Classics. The week also includes challenge events, a marathon swim, and additional group and family fun events. All events take place
Courtesy of Swim The Riviera, France. Loïc Branda, whose story around the open water is told in L’aventure de l’eau libre*, offers open water swimming tours at swimtheriviera.com along the French Riviera. “You can enjoy one open water training session a day in the beautiful Mediterranean Sea surrounded by breathtaking French Riviera sceneries.” For more
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Schmidt Sting Pain Index was created by renowned entomologist Justin O. Schmidt as a pain scale that rates the relative pain caused by different insect stings. Schmidt created his pain index (see below) after being stung by 78 different species. 1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Jorge Auerlio Delgado Panchana is currently well-known as the Vice Chairman of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee for the 2009-2013 and 2013-2017 terms and the first Vice President of CONSANAT (South American Swimming Confederation or Confederación Sudamericana de Natación), he was previously known as the fastest
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Hooper answered some quick questions before his adventure, Swim The Big Blue across the Atlantic Ocean begins. He will start from Sénégal around February 10th. Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What is the exact location of your start? Why there? Ben Hooper: Dakar, Senegal – Shortest route
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Are you a morning person and love to swim during sunrise? Or are you an evening person and love to swim into a sunset? Or do you love the bright sunshine of a cloudless afternoon? Or are you a dead-of-the-night swimmer and love the inky blackness of a moonlight
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Ventre wants to become the first person in history to complete a transoceanic swim from New York to London. If all goes to plan, he will step off the shore of New York in April 2017 en route to raise a target of £5 million for Oxfam. He
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pedro Ordenes of Water World Swim continues to offer a number of open water swimming competitions in San Francisco Bay: 23 different events in one of the epicenters of the global open water swimming world. His 2016 calendar of events include the following: 1. Winter Alcatraz on January 2nd:
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