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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Adam Walker is not your everyday record-breaking sportsman. He took on arguably the toughest extreme sport on the planet – to swim non-stop across seven of the world’s deadliest oceans wearing only swim trunks, cap and goggles. It is not a test for the faint-hearted: swimmers face freezing temperatures, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in August 2015, Ger Kennedy attempted to swim halfway from UK waters to Dublin, primarily to learn more about his ultimate goal: a 100 km solo stage swim from Holyhead in Wales to Dublin, Ireland across the Irish Sea. His goal is to average 6-8 hours swimming per
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ross Bogue is an American open water swimmer from Danvers, Illinois who specializes in butterfly. What is interesting is that he has done the same swim – the Big Shoulders 5 km in Lake Michigan right off the shoreline of Chicago – both butterfly and freestyle: *2006 freestyle in
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Courtesy of Lucky Meisenheimer, Lake Cane, Orlando, Florida. Lucky Meisenheimer remembered that one of the regular Lake Cane swimmers, Ian Supra, lost his battle with esophageal cancer last month. “[The 20-year-old] Ian was a swimming and water polo star at Dr. Phillips High School and a Lucky’s Lake swimmer. He was one of those rare
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Courtesy of Oceans Swims of Australia. Glistening Dave is David Helsham (@glistenrr), an ocean swimmer, creative graphic designer, and accomplished photographer from Australia. The photos of Glistening Dave’s Calender range from Australia and New Zealand to Tonga and Vanuatu – capturing the beauty and comprehensive spectrum of the sport. To purchase your Glistening Dave’s Calendar
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pet owners know how best to communicate with their pets. After years of swimming in the ocean and various encounters, many open water swimmers also develop the knack of how to interact with marine life…especially dolphins. When we see dolphins swim under us and around us, whether it is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This weekend will see the 12th edition of New Zealand’s Harbour Crossing ocean swim. The beautiful 2.9 km swim from Bayswater to the Viaduct Harbour is the only day of the year when maritime traffic waits for over 1,500 swimmers to do their thing. Two of the swimmers are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Hooper plans to swim 16-20 miles per day, every day, for 90-120 days without ever touching dryland. It will be an adventure for sure, writes the Telegraph here. “This winter, a former policeman from Cheltenham will wade into warm waters off Africa and strike out for South America.
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Photo courtesy of Dirk Erasmus. Reporting courtesy of Brenton Williams at Marina Martinique in South Africa. One of the premier events on the JBay December holiday programme, the Marina Mile will take place on December 13th 2015 in the salt water canals of Marina Martinique. “There are plenty of events on offer this year with
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Courtesy of Fitness Magazine by Alli DeFrancesco Miller. “In April 2009, at age 21, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In August 2013, I became the first Italian woman to successfully swim the English Channel. The probability of either is less likely than successfully climbing Mount Everest. This is my story, or the start of
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