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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A swimsuit, a pair of goggles, some friends, some tea or water, and an escort boat. This is what marathon swimmers used in the previous centuries. They walked in, swam across, walked out the other side. It all seemed so simple in the 20th century. Now contemporary swimmers utilize […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Open Water Swimming Association compiles swimmers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. These individuals have completed successful crossings of the English Channel and Catalina Channel and a successful Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The list as of 2015 includes the following swimmers: 1. Alison
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Courtesy of Nuala Moore and WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vasilly Mosin, born in Kazakhstan, is a member of the Pingvin club Ivanovo. He competed in the 25m and 50m freestyle events and 25m breaststroke events at the inaugural Ice Swimming World Championships in Murmansk, Russia and swam the fastest 25m and 50m freestyles at the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It seems that the human body can manage cold far better than it can handle heat,” observes Ram Barkai. Since we starting covering open water swimming in 1982, initially for Swimming World Magazine, we have covered swimmers who have tested themselves in either extreme warm or extreme cold. It
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Shelley Taylor-Smith is now taking registrations for her Team STS “Dangerous When Wet” Marathon Swim Adventure Tour to the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy in July 2016. “There are 3 solo spots, 2 duo spots and 1 relay (with either 4 or 6 swimmers),” explains the 7-time world
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Next February 14th, Chad Ho will go for his seventh consecutive victory at the upcoming aQuellé Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, attempting to equal the record set by Keri-Anne Payne. Like other things during his career, nothing will come easy or will be a given for the South
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Day after day, year after year, decade after decade Sandy Neilson-Bell keeps herself busy around the water. From her early days around the pool in Southern California to her teenage Olympic glory in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, Neilson-Bell has finally called home around the lakes near Austin, Texas.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Shree Ram Sea Swimming Club is a group of swimmers at Porbandar, India. Established in 2001, the club has 150 members and organizes the Hathi – Sidhee Swimathon, a 5 km and 10 km sea swimming competition in Porbandar. The next Hathi – Sidhee Swimathon is held on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. An Ice Zero Swimmer is an individual who takes extreme swimming to its ultimate lower (lowest) limits. Ice Zero Swimmers have completed an ice swim of at least one statute mile in water temperature below 1°C (33.8°F), called an Ice Zero Swim as certified by the International Ice Swimming
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Photos courtesy of Triple F Photography. Information courtesy of Mark Fromberg, British Columbia, Canada. Mark Fromberg, President of the Across The Lake Swim Society, is excited for expansion in the 2.1 km open water swim in British Columbia, Canada. “We enjoyed a spectacular Interior Savings Across The Lake Swim this year, and have even more
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