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She’s Back. Yuko Matsuzaki Returns To Turks & Caicos Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, Turks & Caicos. Japan only has one inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. And she continues to swim in her fourth decade of marathon swimming. “Yuko Matsuzaki is returning for another solo marathon in the spectacularly beautiful Turks […]
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Photos courtesy of Anne Copeland Merrill, Ocean City, Florida. Quinn Cassidy was the first man standing at the recent two-day Ocean City Beach Patrol lifeguard test in South Jersey on the American East Coast. It was a tough 0.6-mile course that normally would take the University of Florida swimming star significantly less time, but conditions
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If we had to make a theoretical all-star relay of great male open water swimmers to swim across any of the Oceans Seven channels (English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, North Channel, Cook Strait or Tsugaru Channel), it would be an extremely difficult choice. With the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If we had to make a theoretical all-star relay of great female open water swimmers to swim across any of the Oceans Seven channels (English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, North Channel, Cook Strait or Tsugaru Channel), it would be an extremely difficult choice. The theoretical
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hank Wise, a waterman and coach from SWIM Long Beach, California, previously did an 8 hour 7 minute 3 second crossing (#4 all-time CM) from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland in 2010. Five years later and wiser, he tried in the opposite direction. “The ocean’s fury and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Renowned coach Don Watson was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame two years ago and will be similarly honored this month by the International Swimming Hall of Fame in its induction weekend. Relatively few individuals have had the honor to be dual inductees, honored by both
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 3rd Annual Ocean Games will take place in Ocean City, Maryland on July 18th for 1-, 3-, or 9-mile swims to benefit the Johns Hopkins Brain and Stroke Rehabilitation Program that helps fund research and awareness for traumatic brain injuries. “We’re pleased to present our 4th freestyle stroke
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. SwimEars are specialized ear plugs for open water swimmers and triathletes that protect against ear inflammation and dizziness without affecting hearing and balance, co-created by Danish open water swimmer Hans Henrik H. Heming. He just started his Kickstarter campaign for SwimEars here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ice swimming, marathon swimming, ocean swimming, channel swimming, pioneer swimming, kayaking, organizing, observing and volunteering. Lisa Hertz and Jason Malick do it all. The pair, once engaged both literally and figuratively, are all about the open water. So when it came to their marriage, the pair naturally celebrated to
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Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Monmouth County, New Jersey. When it comes to open water swimming, there are two types of pros: professional marathon swimmers and lifeguards. While the marathon swimmers swim for themselves as a livelihood, surf life savers swim (and run and rescue and patrol) on behalf of others as a profession. South Jersey
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