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Courtesy of Alton Motobu, Oahu, Hawaii. With nearly 900 people* signed up for the 46th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim certain rules apply to keep the race fair and respective of the aloha spirit that permeates throughout the Hawaiian islands. Race director Kaia Hedlund announced the time penalties that will be assessed to swimmers who do […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In is most likely the most unusual accommodation for an open water swimming anywhere, the size of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim has led Atlantis Submarine to temporarily suspend its tours off the shores of Waikiki during tomorrow’s 2.4-mile race on Oahu. While the Australians have completely dominated the awards
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in July 1929, the renowned historical figure Mercedes Gleitze swam across the Firth of Forth. Now 8 decades later, swimmers can tackle the same 1.4-mile course tomorrow in the Firth of Forth Swim across the Forth from Hawes pier, South Queensferry to the pier at North Queensferry. The
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Courtesy of Daphne Papp and the Gloucester Daily Times. The Beverly Shark Swim is an open water swimming competition of 500 yards, 1 mile and 2 miles that will be held in Lynch Park in Beverly, Massachusetts next week. This week, the exact location of the event had a visitor that makes the swim live
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There were 32 finishers over the six separately conducted circumnavigations of Manhattan Island this year. With an average age of 45.2 years, many of them swam their age (i.e., swam a greater number of kilometers than their age) in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. Each of the finishers has
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Courtesy of Ron Collins, an interview with Bob Beach of The Old Men And The Sea Relay. 84-year-old Don Baker, 80-year-old Dr. Bill Spore, 81-year-old Dave Radcliffe, 84-year-old Graham Johnston, 82-year-old Bob Best, 85-year-old Bob Beach, and 82-year-old Norm Stupfel demonstrated the confidence, calm and capabilities of veteran swimmers in the water. While their 12
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This Saturday, the 46th Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim will take place – and it should definitely live up to its name and maybe more. Three hurricanes (Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena) have formulated in the Pacific Ocean in the week leading up to the 2.4-mile swim from the Diamondhead Volcano
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Round Two of the 22-mile The Swim Around The Islands goes to Mother Nature. So far, She is up 2-0 on the relay quartet of Joe Rainero (49, shown above), Matt Maurer (38), Triple Crowner Lance Ogren (44), and Mike Stresemann (54). Rainero summarized their effort, “We successfully determined
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. According to the Channel Swimming Association, Peter Frayne was an observer on Florence Chadwick‘s swim and had to jump in the English Channel to guide her after the water pump on her escort boat failed within three miles of shore. Prior to that call of duty, Frayne was below
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bridgette Hobart Janesczko has successfully completed the longest 5 crossings of her The 5 Majors & The 4 Minors Swimming for a Cause event in the New York Finger Lakes. Her 5 swims have been long, difficult and thoroughly taxing: Stage 1 – Canandaigua 15.5 miles in 7 hours
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