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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. World champion Shelley Taylor-Smith did dozens of marathon swims in warm water. World champion Petar Stoychev won one of the most difficult and warmest marathon swims in history – the infamous 25 km World Championships in Shanghai, China in water between 30-32ºC. They will join some of the world’s […]
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Courtesy of johnyG ION, Ion Lazarenco in the North Channel. “[Above is a] short video of my swim from Ireland to Scotland which took 16 hours 23 minutes on November 8th 2015,” says Ion Lazarenco. “On this day 10 years ago, my Mother Iulia passed away and I dedicate this swim in her memory …
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Courtesy of The Aquatic World with Philippe Cousteau.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In some circles in the open water swimming community, people advocate gaining weight and adding body fat in order to build a tolerance to cold water and prevent hypothermia. But in other circles in the open water swimming community, people advocate acclimatization and focusing on the mental aspects in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker talks to ITV London about his life-changing Oceans Seven journey swimming 7 channels around the world that he described in his autobiography Man vs. Ocean: “[Adam Walker]…took on arguably the toughest extreme sport on the planet – to swim non-stop across seven of the world’s deadliest oceans
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Los Mayores Retos Del Hemisferio Norte En Aguas Abiertas, a translation in Spanish of Calculating Risk In Open Water, courtesy of Tom Morgenstern. Recientemente publicábamos un listado de las travesías “relativamente” cortas más duras del mundo. Pero la World Open Water Swimming Association no se ha quedado ahí y también ha hecho una increíble selección
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrea Ioannide was the Vice President and General of the Cyprus Navy. Unfortunately, he was killed in the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion, the worst peacetime military accident in Cyprus (see news report here). The Famagusta Nautical Club established an annual memorial event for him called Ioannideia. Ioannideia takes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi will pull a 50-ton ship 200 meters in the Ultimate World Iron Swim Challenge in Port El Kantaoui on December 23rd. His event has generated significant media interest in Tunisia where it will be covered by Al Jazeera TV, El Hiwar Ettounsi TV, Janoubia TV, TNN TV,
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