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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi overcame adversity after adversity after adversity, including heart surgery, to finally complete his 15 km course in the Golfe de Skanes in the Monastir Sea. His World Iron Swim was set on May 24th while pulling 2 children in a boat in 6 hours 40 minutes from […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The June issue of the Open Water Swimming Magazine has lots of articles on how families come together in the sport of open water swimming. Husbands and wives, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters all coming together in various open water swimming venues around the world.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Schmidt Sting Pain Index was created by a renowned entomologist Justin O. Schmidt. It is a pain scale that rates the relative pain caused by different insect stings. Schmidt created his pain index (from 0 to 4) after being stung by 78 different species (see below). Imagine the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What is the look of a champion? Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia and Gerry Rodrigues seem to have it. In addition to great aerobic capacity, high navigational IQ and top-notch racing savvy, these guys have the intensity and focus of a champion. Look at their eyes on the photos on
Courtesy of Laura Ling on Seeker about Kim Chambers, Oceans Seven swimmer. An interview about Kim Chambers by Laura Ling on Seeker here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gary Roethenbaugh of MultiSport Research completed a global triathlon participation survey on behalf of the International Triathlon Union. His findings were quite interesting, especially since many triathletes participate in open water swims in the 172 countries around the world that have known organized open water swims (at least known
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like Night Train Swimmers in California, the Mad Swimmer is a group of open water swimmers from South Africa. The group plans and attempts difficult and unique open water challenges around the world that also help raise money for a variety of charities. Driven by Jean Craven with the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sunset Swim Series kicked off last Friday at Santa Monica Beach in Southern California. SCAQ Head Coach and Olympic silver medalist Clay Evans offers a warm-up run-swim circuit followed by an Aquathon competition of 1.5 km ocean swim + 5 km run or 700m ocean swim + 1-mile
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