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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bruckner Chase will represent the open water swimming community at the 5th annual BlueMind Summit at the Carnegie Institute for Science in Washington D.C. today. His presentation will start at 1 pm Washington D.C. local time. “I will share what we do to connect communities with our oceans including […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lynne Cox, the renowned ice swimmer, channel swimmer, extreme swimmer and marathon swimmer from Southern California, provided a springboard for open water swimming to soar, not only by her own athletic exploits, but also through her books and speeches. Cox was a pioneer of the sport and well ahead
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Since 2010, Curacao has been an independent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Located in the southern part of the Caribbean between the islands Aruba and Bonaire, the number of open water swims have been limited but growing. The Iguana Open Water Swim is changing the equation. On
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Elizabeth Fry Blows The Minds Of Veteran Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Imagine a sport where a 57-year-old women sets the bar. Imagine a sport where a 57-year-old blows the mind of some of the best endurance athletes in the world. Imagine a sport where a full-time financier is considered among the very best
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Aegean Sea Swim Crossing – Peloponnese to Crete. Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos from Dimitris Giouzepas on Vimeo.Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos, M.D., Ph.D. has studied all over the world – Florida, California, England, and Scotland. He received a Master’s degree in Human Physiology under Extreme Environments at King’s College London and then went on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Susan Simmons is one of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women – and for good reason with her multiple sclerosis. She is less than 3 months away from her longest and toughest swim yet – 105 km three-way attempt across Cowichan Lake in Vancouver Island, Canada. “Training
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ori Sela and his colleagues at WEST (Water World Swimming Therapy) have created on online and practical system to help people with shoulder pain but who want to continue swimming: Course 1 (coupon here) teaches how to train with an injury. “You do not work on your painful area,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are numerous common words that have totally different meanings when you talk with an open water swimmer compared with the rest of humanity: Feeding: To stop and take a drink, slurp a gel pack or eat something rapidly while treading water next to a boat, pier, pontoon or
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is remarkable how close the average times are for men and women in the 4-day stage swim known as the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in Arizona. The S.C.A.R. event traditionally attracts many of the most experienced marathon swimmers in the world – and both genders, remarkably close in average
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Courtesy of Tzirú Pérez. Cruce Aguas Abiertas Golfo Dulce is an three-race open water swimming competition held in Golfo Dulce in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica on September 12th. The distances are 1.5 km, 5 km and a 14 km marathon swim where the chances of being Walkerized are high. For more information, contact Cruce Aguas
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