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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine added to his growing channel swimming resume with another celebrated swim in the Philippines. The Pinoy Aquaman became the first person to cross Sarangani Bay, finishing the 12.95 km swim in 5 hours 55 minutes. He told the Filipino media, “The swim was quite tough, the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mark Warkentin and the Santa Barbara Swim Club presents The Big Wave Ocean Swim Race and The Beast Open Water Championship Finals on the evening of June 6th. “The new race is part of the Southern California Grand Prix series and includes preliminary and championship finals races. The prelims:
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Courtesy of Stephen Holm, Raymond Rogers, and Justin Peck from IOLITE, creators and distributors of high-precision GPS tracking device for swim goggles. IOLITE sends real-time feedback during an open water swim directly to the goggles through a tiny LED array. The IOLITE provides input to swimmers who can swim along the straightest course possible. In
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Photo courtesy of April Dominguez. Race founder Kent Nicholas recalls a story about Elizabeth Fry at the recent 4-day 41.7 miles (66.9 km) S.C.A.R. stage swim that not only epitomizes the sense of community that open water swimmers have, but more specifically the kind of person who Fry is. “Open water swimmers who get it
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. San Diego is acknowledged as the global hub for triathlon. Starting back in 1974, the sunny capital of multisports has prided itself at developing and nurturing everyone from the world’s best triathletes to age-groupers focused on multisports. San Diego not only has the ideal climate and weather for year-round
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Special Olympics World Summer Games 2011 was the first opportunity for Special Olympics athletes to compete officially and internationally. The 2015 event will be held in Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California. Andrew Smilley of the Cayman Islands won the inaugural 1.5 km event in calm, warm conditions in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 1896, Alfréd Hajós of Hungary won the 100m freestyle in 1:22.2 and the 1200m freestyle in 18:22.1 in rough 55°F (13°C) sea water at the first modern Olympic Games. Thousands of spectators lined the Bay of Zea off the Piraeus coast to watch the 18-year-old Hajós win
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An Adventure Film By Ron Collins Courtesy of Ron Collins, founder of the Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Florida. Copyright © 2008 – 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. High-altitude swimmer Cristian Vergara will report on a 7 km swim in 14°C (58°F) water from the Isla de la Luna to the Isla del Sol in Lago Titicaca. Back in 1992, Lynne Cox became the first person to swim across Lake Titicaca from Bolivia to Peru. She swam
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Images We Never See Anymore In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the increase in channel swimming and marathon swimming around the world, there is also a correspondingly decrease (read: elimination) of paddling alongside open water swimmers. Images from the early 1980s include photos of Lynne Cox training alongside the Queen
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