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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi completed another one even of his World Iron Swim series in the Gulf of Gabès in eastern Tunisia on July 31st. In the Gulf of Gabès, Belhedi started and finished at Limaoua Hamrouni Beach, a total of 21 km with a loop where he swam 11 km […]
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Photo courtesy of Stephen Millar from Donegal, Ireland. Back in 2011, the 1.2 km out-and-back Moville Lighthouse Swim was attempted as a proof of concept from the Moville Pier to the Moville Lighthouse in Donegal, Ireland. It then started to grow. 15 people participated in the 2012 race (won by Gerard Curran in 17:00 and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Graeme Lowe from Jersey became the first Channel Islander to swim the North Channel – from Donaghadee , Northern Ireland to Killantringan Lighthouse, Portpatrick, Scotland. He became only the 26th swimmer to complete the North Channel. Before his 12 hour 27 minute crossing, Lowe took a long road of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kate Webber is an American photographer who was a member of the first attempt at a two-way Farallon Islands relay. In her dryland life, she is a photographer who captures simple beauty and layered moments in her artistry. “More and more – though not exclusively – my typical choice
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kimberley Chambers will attempt to become the first women in history to swim between the Farallon Islands and California’s Golden Gate Bridge tonight. Her escort team gave her a go signal this morning, although as David Holscher says, “It will not be perfect, but it will be a little
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is understood that men typically have faster metabolisms than women and thus generate more heat. In addition, women tend to have much stronger vasoconstrictive reactions than men. So when women get cold, their blood vessels close faster, and their sensitivity to temperature increases. So if men are understood
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Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine, Kazan, Russia. Thomas Lurz, David Meca, Trent Grimsey and a handful of other swimmers have famously competed in all the open water swims at a single FINA World Swimming Championships. But Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands took another twist to a busy, busy athlete with loads of stamina and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chloë McCardel is making her last preparations for another three-way attempt of the English Channel this weekend, weather permitting. She expects her attempt will take 35–40 hours in order to become the first Australian to do so, and only the fourth person in history to complete such a feat.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adrian Sarchet will be going for his fourth Oceans Seven channel tomorrow. He plans to cross the North Channel. En route, he must overcome a variety of obstacles, specifically the cold water and huge jellyfish. His strategy? “To divorce the mind from the body for the day. My mind
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Fighting back from a rotator cuff injury, Jim Dreyer will attempt his most strenuous aquatic feat of strength to date on August 15th. The event, postponed from July 4th, will have Dreyer attempting to pull a new Lincoln MKC on a barge while swimming 3.58 miles to Mackinac Island
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