2015 Jax Shek-O Challenge
Courtesy of Jax Shek-O Challenge, held July 11th in Hong Kong, part of the World Open Water Swimming Series
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Two Sides To An Ice Swimming Venue
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Question: How can you tell a venue is built for an ice swimming competition? Answer: The ends of the pool where the swimmers start and finish are straight and vertical while sometimes the edges and sides of the pool take on all kinds of shapes due to the freezing
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Turtle Trophies
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Winston Crooke does a whole lot when organizing the 2.5-mile Nevis to St Kitts Cross Channel Swim across the Narrows in the Caribbean Sea, but one thing that is unique and much-appreciated are the event awards. 2015 winner Valerie Gregoire is shown with the unique turtle trophies of the
Valerie Gregoire Crosses The Narrows First
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Valerie Gregoire led from the 2.5-mile Nevis to St Kitts Cross Channel Swim from start to finish, expertly navigating the Narrows in 1 hour 3 minutes. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Eyes On The Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA with swimmers standing on the shore of the Cayman Brac Channel in the Cayman Islands. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Tim Ferris Introduces The World’s Best Teachers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tim Ferriss is well-known for explaining how to make the impossible possible. He has a new television program that will begin on April 28th with some of the world’s best teachers. His purpose is to deconstruct, decode and demystify different activities from shooting pistols to swimming in the open
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Teammates Take Top Two
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alex Meyer and David Heron train with each other every day. They race and push each other twice a day: the older competitor from New York, the younger one from California. But they both found their way to the University of Tennessee where they train together under taskmaster and
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Mann, Anderson, Twichell Prove To Be Crème De La Crème
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The top 3 athletes on the podium remained the same in the women’s 5 km and 10 km at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships: Haley Anderson, Ashley Twichell, and Becca Mann. Except they all finished in different places in both events. Becca Mann finished first in the
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Crossing Culebra, Freestyle To Fajardo
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After becoming the first person to swim across Lake Ponchartrain in Louisiana, Matt Moseley will attempt another unprecedented crossing in Puerto Rico. He will attempt to swim 20 miles from Isla Culebra to Fajardo. American Jarrett Tishmack completed the first crossing of the 15 km Vieques Channel from Culebra
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Swim Challenge Cascais Along The Estoril Coast
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you are headed the Swim Challenge Cascais along the Estoril coast in Portugal, these are some of the images and places that you will encounter says Jorge Paulo Pereira of 3 Iron Sports and organizer of the Swim Challenge Cascais. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming
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