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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean swimmers, paddle boarders, kayakers, and wind surfers all understand the freedom – and challenges – that come with training and competing in the ocean. That freedom is a result of the natural buoyancy of the water, the ebb and flow of the tides, the dynamic nature of winds […]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the 2015 inaugural Surf Lifesaving Sports Festival in Beesley’s Point Sea Doo, Beesley’s Point in New Jersey, Josh Shadel was a star. “People are still talking about the experience. Josh, one of our spinal athletes, did the 250-meter open water swim completely unassisted backstroke,” reported event organizer Bruckner
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A 2002 Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Abilio Couto was one of those larger-than-life open water swimmers of the 20th century. Rivers, lakes and oceans: he enjoyed swimming and competing in all of them. The Brazilian who died in 1998 never quit; he always
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The photo of Yasunari Hirai (silver medal from Japan), Allan Do Carmo (gold medal from Brazil) and Richard Weinberger (bronze medal from Canada) is illustrative of the internationalization of open water swimming. Over the first three Olympic Games in the 10K marathon swim (2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Matías Ola of Argentina is known as an ice swimmer and ice festival organizer, he is also embarking on his Unir el Mundo project. His swims around the world include the following: 1. Strait of Gibraltar 2. 86 km Bering Strait Crossing (international relay team) 3. Bering Strait
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean swimmers or their support crews may occasionally experience a shark encounter when they see a shark fin at the water’s surface, but most swimmers and their support crew assume that sharks make their attacks from below. Channel swimmers like Mike Spalding and Linda Kaiser while swimming the various
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Swahili Channel Crossing is a 35 km channel swim by 15 Madswimmers on October 10th between Zanzibar Island and the mainland of Tanzania. “The African version of the English Channel is a charity swim on behalf of local Tanzanian children’s charities,” explained Madswimmer Nicolene Steynberg. “Our swim will
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After twice completing the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming during his career, Antonio Argüelles is setting off on his second Oceans Seven channel tomorrow. Argüelles crossed the Strait of Gibraltar with Nora Toledano and Mariel Hawley Dávila earlier this summer, and now he is standing on the shore
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Barham announced the the Jaimie Monahan Award. “It is an award given by the Lake Geneva Swimming Association for its most exceptional swim of the year.” The 36-year-old American swam the length of Lake Geneva between August 26th-27th in 32 hours 52 minutes. Monahan’s swim was not only
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Barham of the Lake Geneva Swimming Association announced the establishment of the Alain Charmey Award. “It is an award given by the Lake Geneva Swimming Association for its fastest swim of the year.” The then 34-year-old Swiss Olympic freestyle swimmer swam the length of Lake Geneva in August
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