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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For years, Lord James “Tally Ho” Blears poured his heart and passion into announcing at the annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu. He made everyone cross the finish line feel good about themselves while he made the crowd laugh and learn more about the history of the event. But […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are many things at an open water swim that make a world-class event: A beautiful venue, great weather, clearly marked and numbered turn buoys, accurate timing systems, timely results, sufficient medical and safety staff and marine vessels along the course, practical emergency protocols, ease of registration, ample pre-race
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 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 Robert Beach, and 82-year-old Norm Stupfel demonstrated the confidence, calm and capabilities of veteran swimmers in the water. While their 12 hour 15 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel on August 20th
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dan Simonelli has been helping others achieve their own dreams in the open water for years, from Catalina to Cuba. Today, he took matters into his own hands and became the swimmer in question. Guided by Kevin Eslinger, an old-school paddler, and greeted by a whale and dolphin en
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Courtesy of Phil White, Kingdom Games, Vermont. Three Americans swam the 21-mile length of Loch Ness from Fort Augustus to Inverness as part of an expeditionary force, In Search of Nessie 2015. Sarah Thomas of Colorado, completed the traverse in 10 hours 52 minutes as the first swimmer across the cold lake. Elaine Kormbau Howley
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In celebration of the legacy of Sri Chinmoy, an Honour Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, the Sri Chinmoy Fitness and Weightlifting Anniversary will be held on August 27th. “This year marks the 30th Fitness-Weightlifting Anniversary of a true pioneer in spreading fitness to millions,” explains
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Courtesy of Mark Ruffalo on behalf of Benoit Lecomte who is attempting to swim from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, California. Benoit Lecomte’s team will identify what he will be exposed to throughout his swim across the Pacific Ocean. This combination of science and ocean swimming has never been done to this extent or over
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The test event for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games 10K marathon swim showcased how exciting the Olympic final will undoubtedly be. With rough water, ocean currents, waves, sizable surface turbulence and a near photo finish in Copacabana Beach, the 2016 Rio Olympic 10K will prove to have everything that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was one of Thomas Bell‘s wife’s friends who participated in an English Channel relay that spurred him to consider a crossing of the English Channel. He thought an English Channel attempt would motivate him to work out consistently. “I focused on swimming beginning in July 2012 under the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With his tough crossing of the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel, Guy Moar of Australia joined some of the top swimmers in the world* who have completed the most Oceans Seven channels. His Tsugaru Channel crossing from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan took him 11 hours 32 minutes of
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