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Courtesy of Frank Fennema Photography, San Francisco Bay, California. While the eyes of relay and marathon swimmers around the world are tracking the daily progress of the Night Train Swimmers on their 300-mile NT300 relay attempt in San Francisco Bay, at the end of the day, the team of six is raising money to help […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the men will come down to the wire at this year’s FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit over the final two races of the season, Italy’s Rachelle Bruni appears to have handily wrapped up the professional marathon swimming circuit. All she has to do now to capture
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When people see Helen Lin, their impressions, assumptions and beliefs about open water swimming, ice swimming and marathon swimming get trashed. When people see Lin compete in ice swimming competitions and complete unprecedented swims, they suddenly believe that either Lin is a superhuman or open water swimming achievements are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like the actual races on the FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit that usually come down to the final sprint and, sometimes, to the final stroke, the 2015 professional circuit will culminate in a very tight race. Anyone of the top 5 swimmers have a shot at taking
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Surf Lifesaving Sports Festival is this weekend on September 12th in Beesley’s Point Sea Doo, Beesley’s Point in New Jersey. “It is a surf sports festival for every member of our ocean community,” says event organizer Bruckner Chase. “The festival is open to anyone age 14 to 104
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Courtesy of Frank Fennema Photography, San Francisco Bay, California. The Night Train Swimmers hit 227 miles by dinnertime on their third day swimming in San Francisco Bay. “At this rate, we will finish by tomorrow night,” reports Captain Vito Bialla. Finishing with 4 days (96 hours) would smash expectations on how fast the NT300 team
SCAR SWIM 2015 from Kent Nicholas from the 40-mile, 4-stage S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge. For more information, visit SCARSWIM.COM.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINIS officially announced its release of the Axis Buoy, a dual-function pull buoy. After more than a year of research and development, FINIS has started to sell the much-anticipated product to the market. The device can be used as a traditional buoy, which isolates the legs and utilizes the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pilar Geijo of Argentina won the 2015 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix title in a tight season-long battle over Alice Franco of Italy. Pilar has now won the title in the last 4 out of 5 years: 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015. The 31-year-old swimmer who trains under
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