To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Photo courtesy of Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers. Owen O’Keefe, a well-known Irish marathon swimmer, has moved to Dublin and started a new job…but he is not drifted that far away from the water. “I am concerned with freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, but my current focus is freshwater and my plan is to specialise […]
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Courtesy of mf foto on Shutterstock.com, Glacier Bay, Alaska. It will not be before long before there are open water swimming adventures and swims in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska’s Inside Passage. Part of one of the world’s largest international protected areas, Glacier Bay offers a backdrop of rugged mountains, dynamic glaciers, wild coastlines
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Courtesy of Doug Meet in Big Sur, California. The scale of swimming along the Big Sur coastline in central California can be as majestic as it is difficult. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world has innumerable difficult open water swimming competitions. But that is part of the challenge and allure. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. Everyone has a weakness when it comes to open water swimming. Weakness
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Courtesy of Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi – Turkish Olympic Committee. One can define channel swimming to be at least 200 years old. With Lord Byron crossing the Hellespont in 1810, his 1 hour 10 minute crossing of the strait in Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara set the bar and the
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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 Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Spectral Q in Paris, France. Open water swimming organizer and visionary Doug Woodring is usually found along the shorelines of Hong Kong, California or Portugal, but his latest ventures have taken him to Paris. “This is what we made today in Paris, as part of a new chapter, in both a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christine Brennan of the USA Today and other reporters and specialists like Professor Kristina Mena, Waterborne Virus Expert at the University of Texas, continue to warn about the “sewage-infested waters” of Rio de Janeiro. “The chance of the Olympic athletes becoming infected, reaching as high as 99%,” predicts Mena
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While climate change negotiations continue in Paris, open water swimmer Doug Woodring has been very busy with #ListenParis2015. This weekend, this global, 24-hour dance party and silent disco will encourage participants to tune into a worldwide livestream with music provided by some of the world’s top DJs, including Above
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