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The Arab Nations Races across the English Channel featured many Honor Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and produced fast times in the non-GPS era.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Woodring wrote the following article in The Economist entitled Is plastic pollution akin to the broken windows theory? Plastic pollution is back on the agenda at this year’s World Ocean Summit event, and rightly so. A report last year commissioned by the UN estimated the annual impact to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hans Henrik is the founder of the Danish Open Water Swimming Association and CPH Swim in Copenhagen, Denmark – but he has always thought of a problem that many swimmers have. Together with other passionate swimmers, the Dane who completed a 45 km island circumnavigation in Øresund called Amager
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimmit is a new cool convenient app, created by Ivan Peralta, that helps swimmers and triathletes or anyone who enjoy the open water to create meetups, join meetups, create routes, discover routes, connect with swimmers, and offer a training log. With the Swimmit app, swimmers can discover the best
Virginia Morell writes about how dolphins are being killed due to oil spills in her latest article here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yesterday, renowned MIMS kayaker Richard Clifford confirmed with race director Morty Berger that the 2015 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim events will go on as planned. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With sunny weather predicted for the three-day weekend, there will undoubtedly be tens of thousands of people flocking to Huntington Beach, California. But there are reports of at least 12 denizens of the deep cruising around the area. Sightings of Great White Sharks has been the topic of discussion
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Upper photo courtesy of Tzirú Pérez for Cruce Aguas Abiertas Golfo Dulce by Joe Bernini in Costa Rica. Lower photo courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The inking of black markers on the back, shoulders and hands are unique sensations for an open water swimmer. Like the smell of diesel oil from an escort boat
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most organized swims in the world is the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The circumnavigation of Manhattan requires at least 11 governmental authorizations and clearances from the U.S. Coast Guard, state government of New York, the individual boroughs of New York, New York City and various other
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Samoa Swim Series offers more than its tagline of ‘3 great swims in 3 days’. It includes a parade, a school visit, side tours, a prize giving and two swims on the big island of Savai’i. Two swims will be held in Faga and Manase with an overnight
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