Race For The Conch From Above
Race for the Conch from Oasis Media Centre on Vimeo.Courtesy of Ben Stubenberg, Grace Bay in Turks & Caicos.
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Tahoe Eleven Milers Win Trans Tahoe Relay
Courtesy of Mermaid Mafia, (Captain Lexie Kelly, 6-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni, 4-time Olympic medalist Heather Petri, Olympic silver medalist Kristy Kowal, Olympic gold medalist Staciana Stitts, and Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman) in Lake Tahoe, California. 1,410 individuals swam with 235 teams at today’s 10-mile Trans Tahoe Relay in Lake Tahoe that was won
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Surfing, Yes…Swimming, For Sure
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Webber Wave Pools are meant for surfers who would create a dynamic market for their artificial wave pools, we think that these types of wave pools would serve as outstanding training facilities for triathletes and ocean swimmers interested in learning how to deal with the dynamics of the
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Cross-Generational, Cross-Border Links Between Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Before Maura Twomey took 16 hours 23 minutes to realize her dream of crossing the English Channel, she had plenty of discussions with Pat Gallant-Charette, another channel swimmer. Both women in the second half of their careers feel a common bond that profoundly ties them together as they set
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Swimming In Olympian Heights
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is arguably no event on the global open water swimming calendar that attracts so many Olympic medalists, world champions, national qualifiers, NCAA champions, marathon swimmers, channel swimmers, and record holders at the local, regional, national and international level as the annual Trans Tahoe Relay. The 10-mile event is
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My Finest Hour Has Come
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After seeing a newspaper advertisement in his native Egypt, Omar Sabry signed up to compete for a spot in a 6-person relay across the English Channel. The Egyptian Swimming Federation was scouting for volunteers and went to the public to scout for its best swimmers. The Federation had not
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Stephen Junk Swims Until The Unexpected
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Stephen Junk was clocking great time out of Kaluakoi [on Molokai,” reported kayaker Steve Haumschild. “He is a hell of a swimmer. He remained strong and consistent throughout the time. Conditions overall were descent with a few storms rolling through.” But then the unexpected hit just about the time
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Sand And Salt Workouts
Many athletes and those who wish to get in good physical shape swear by CrossFit or the intense workouts given by their own personal trainers. Others use expensive fitness equipment or visit plush gyms to push their bodies to the max, but a wide sandy beach offers a viable alternative. A wide coastline with plenty
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Traveling The World In Search Of Icy Challenges
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matías Ola‘s International Winter Swimming Festival Argentina (II Festival Internacional de Natación de Invierno en Argentina) keeps getting bigger and bigger, and presenting greater challenges that were never thought possible. Ola has recruited 54 ice swimmers to the Winter Swimming Festival in Argentina and is challenging them to swim
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Tita Llorens Makes Unprecedented Swim, Husband Proud
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After years of planning and preparing, Tita Llorens finally completed an unprecedented solo swim from Ibiza to Mallorca. The 84.3 km journey took the 46-year-old a total of 28 hours 13 minutes, one of the few people in the world who have purposefully swum for longer than 24 hours.
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