To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Dominguez will do the heavy lifting by attempting a 30-mile swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands while Vito Bialla will take the helm of his escort boat and the Night Train Swimmers will provide the crew support. But it will be film makers Jack […]
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Photo courtesy of Andrew J Martinez / Science Source / Getty. If it looks like seaweed and is grown in salt water, how can it taste like bacon? How can a staple of the Japanese diet taste like a staple of the American diet? Through the ingenuity and creativity of scientists at the Oregon State
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “We’re gearing up for the 7th Kingdom Swim on July 25th,” said Kingdom Games founder Phil White. And it is going to be a blistering fast race between 2 world-class swimmers. Eva Fabian of New Hampshire and defending champion Eric Nilsson are both entered in the World Open Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA. His alarm goes off before the sun rises and he wakes up at a time unfathomable to most. He heads off to the pool – year after year – in the dark to coach swimmers at all levels. He remains at the pool doing everything from coaching and teaching to administrating paperwork
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Courtesy of Sponsor My Swim, Huntington Beach, California. Nearly 2 years ago, Adam Jerzykowski decided that he will make a 18.5 km solo swim across the Bay of Puck (Polish: Zatoka Pucka) in order to commemorate his grandfather and to do something good for others. He produced a video with subtitles in over 20 different
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Courtesy of Jeff Kozlovich escorting Stephen Junk from Molokai Island to Oahu. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On July 11th, Bridgett Hobart set off at 6:20 am from Woodville, New York on her unprecedented Nazareth College Finger Lakes Challenge (The 5 Majors & The 6 Minors Swimming for a Cause). Canandaigua Lake was the first of 11 planned solo swims across the New York Finger Lakes.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Orca launched its new service, BestPlacesToSwim, a worldwide community for open water swimming fans. The service within the Orca website is here (orca.com/us-en/community/best-places-to-swim). Swimmers and triathletes can upload and describe their favorite courses on BestPlacesToSwim as well as download other courses that others have recommended. The information includes the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Costa Brava is a coastal region of northeastern Spain, consisting of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and Selva, in the province of Girona. The Costa Brava stretches from Blanes, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Barcelona, to the French border. Captain Toni Fiol escorted 6 Spanish men – Guillermo Sagnier,
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48 Years Old And In His Prime Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Benoît Lecomte explained about his preparations – both mental and physical for this year’s The Longest Swim, an unprecedented 8,000 km stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco that he estimates will take 180 straight days of swimming 8 hours per day.
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