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Courtesy of Vibes & Scribes Lee Swim in Cork, Ireland. The Lee Swim that runs through the centre of the City of Cork is one of the top open water swimming events in Ireland and the world, not only for its history, but also for its exceedingly rare course. Spectators line both sides of the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Historical Society of Central Florida announced that Lucky’s Lake Swim is a significant occurrence in Central Florida history. Lucky’s Lake Swim has been a staple event for not only Central Floridians, but for many Americans, Olympians and international visitors from 50 countries over the past 25 years. “It
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Courtesy of Mark Johnston, a swimmer follows in some big paw prints across Flathead Lake, Montana. Over Labor Day weekend in 2010, a four-year-old female grizzly bear swam a remarkable 15 miles across Flathead Lake in northwest Montana. Although known to be capable swimmers, grizzly bears don’t often come across lakes as large as Flathead
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Grand Prix 3 Lakes or the Grand Prix Cup of Three Lakes for the Mayor of Szczecin Cup is a 3-part series of 1 km or 2 km races held on July 10th-12th in Glebokie Lake, Dąbie and Dziewoklicz Lake in western Poland. Copyright © 2015 by World Open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Salvatore Cimmino of Italy possesses a rare amount of courage as an endurance athlete and a deep-seated passion to help others with a disability. His willingness to seek new goals is relentless. He has planned, organized and completed solo swims from the Cook Strait in New Zealand to around
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Courtesy of Tampa Bay Frogman Swim, Florida. Where so many kayaks are lined up along a shoreline, so are usually a bunch of open water swimmers and their supporters. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vojislav Mijić of Serbia has said, “In Serbia, we now have 15 marathon swims per year. When I first started swimming marathons back in 1973, people told me that I was a very crazy man. But now, everything has changed. Marathon swimming is now in the Olympics. I am
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Kate Coltman is not swimming in the early morning darkness across Lake Cane in Orlando with the other die-hard open water aficionados, she is either training or performing for her acrobatic acts with Cirque du Soleil. Photo above is from a performance with Sisaundra Lewis at Red Jackets
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring at the Jax Coco Shek O Challenge in Hong Kong, a World Open Water Swimming Series event. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring at the Jax Coco Shek O Challenge in Hong Kong, a World Open Water Swimming Series event. Sometimes, right before an ocean swim, things can seem so calm and peaceful. You can focused and comfortable in your own thoughts. Then the starting gun goes off and the tranquility is transformed to
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