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On November 21st, the first annual Nage Nordic winter swimming event was successfully held in the St. Lawrence River in Levis, Quebec, Canada. The organizers, led by Gerry Fassett and Michel Gagne [shown above], both of Levis, had participated in the Halloween Vampire Swim in Newport, Vermont with temperatures of 7.2ºC or 45ºF, inspiring them […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced its 2016 inductees. Among the 17 luminaries in the aquatics world, Monique Wildschut of the Netherlands was deservedly selected for her marathon swimming record. The ISHOF wrote, “Monique Wildschut, a tall and powerful swimmer from the Netherlands, was the six-time World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced its 2016 inductees. Among the 17 luminaries in the aquatics world, Desmond Robert Renford, M.B.E. of Australia was deservedly selected for his marathon swimming exploits and will be enshrined posthumously. He was perfect – going 19 for 19 in his English
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week, the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced its Class of 2016 inductees. Among the 17 luminaries in the aquatics world, Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko of Russia was deservedly selected as an Honor Swimmer. The ISHOF wrote, “Russian long distance swimmer, Larisa Ilchenko (Russian: Лариса Дмитриевна Ильченко) has
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ice swimming, winter swimming, and cold water swimming were all celebrated globally during the WOWSA Awards campaign last year where people from around the world voted for the annual awards. The renowned ice swimmer Henri Kaarma of Estonia [shown above] was voted as the 2014 World Open Water Swimming
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Photo of participants at the 2014 Bay of Islands Classic at the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series by Simon Watts. The Bay of Islands Classic swim next week on November 28th will be the 10th anniversary of the popular 2015-2016 New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Event Founder Scott Rice is extremely proud to have reached
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After Nejib Belhedi‘s nationally televised 22-ton boat pulling World Iron Swim Series (Nage de Fer) in the Port El Kantaoui at Hammam Sousse in Tunisia, he was celebrated by Tunisian celebrities and government representatives. He also received a very cool Iron Swim trophy to commemorate his unprecedented swim that
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Courtesy of the Open Water Swimming Magazine, published by WOWSA of California. Chloë McCardel may be living the life that every channel swimmer dreams of having: she swims, she is sponsored, she coaches, she gives motivational speeches. She spends her time either training or crossing channels. Her swims are the subject of television and media
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pádraig Mallon, Chairman of the International Ice Swimming Association Ireland, announced that invitations are extended to all country associations for the 2016 IISA Ireland 1K National Championships and the Ice Sprint Championships which will take place in Armagh, Northern Ireland on January 30th and 31st. “The International Ice Swimming
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Courtesy of Yuta Tsuboi. Channel swimmers tend to be a meticulous bunch with a penchant for data, information, and attention to detail. Yuta Tsuboi of Japan and New York is a prime example. He was the first Japanese swimmer to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and the Grand Slam of Open Water
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