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Courtesy of Oceans Swims, Australia. Andrew ‘Reidy’ Reid came up with the Duck Dash and the Bondi Splash N Dash, a charity fun run-swim-run biathlon event on Bondi Beach, Australia’s most famous shoreline venue. Swimmers line up with their fins on and start running from the Bondi Pavilion to North Bondi where they inflate their […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Any number of beaches around the world are the site of numerous ideas and plans borne by creative open water swimmers. That is exactly what happened when Hong Kong’s Doug Woodring met Italy’s Matteo Testa met on the shores of Monaco. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Casually sitting around the docks in San Pedro, California were a trio of channel swimming legends. Just listening to Jersey’s Sally Minty-Gravett, Mexico’s Nora Toledano Cadena, and America’s Elizabeth Fry chat about their upcoming goals is mind-boggling and inspiring. After Minty-Gravett represented the Bailiwick of Jersey at the International
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers often say that their sport is 80% mental. The good-hearted volunteers of the inaugural Vampire Swims on Halloween October 31st took that belief to heart and prepared some interesting post-swim carbo-loading desserts for the participants. “The blood is drawn, and Vampire Swim looks forward to 2016
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Courtesy of Phil White, Vampire Swims. On Halloween October 31st, 15 inaugural Vampire Swims were held in various open bodies of water around the world. “The blood is drawn, and Vampire Swim looks forward to 2016 with new venues already signing on to join this international blood drive,” says visionary Phil White. “In addition to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Some swimmers enjoy freestyle and butterfly. Some enjoy individual medley and breaststroke. Victoria Moore of Bracknell, England is similarly multi-talented as a winter swimmer and marathon swimmer. Moore not only competed in the 450m winter swimming race at the 2015 Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England in 5.4ºC water,
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Courtesy of Sally Minty-Gravett, Bailiwick of Jersey. At the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on November 6th in San Pedro, California, Sally Minty-Gravett represented the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club as the famed team was inducted as an Honour Organisation and gave the following acceptance speech: “On behalf of the Jersey Long
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The 1970 America’s Marathon Swim In Rhode Island Courtesy of Daniel Vizeu Costa Couto who updates the website of Abilio Couto, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer. America’s Marathon Swim was held in 1970 that started on Island Park in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and finished 26.7 miles (42.9 km) later at King’s
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Registration for the Cold Half race on January 30th 2016 is now open. “Solo spots are limited to 30 this year, so interested swimmers should send in their forms as early as possible,” explains race founder and director Doug Woodring. “Swimmers can follow news and updates on our Facebook
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Underwater Audio has designed waterproof earbuds that will not be pulled out of your ears. It started a Kickstarter campaign (see here) and got well-funded by the public. Underwater Audio also has the solution with a new product called AquaGuard Pre-Swim Hair Defense. “By backing our Flex and HydroActive
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