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Courtesy of Ella Antibetova of Murmansk; results courtesy of Dmitry Blokhin. The Russian Ice Swimming Championships were held concurrently with the inaugural Ice Swimming World Championship. The event was held in Lake Semenovskoe in Murmansk, Russia in March. Russia’s Albert Sobirov was as impressive in the short distances as he was in the longer distances, […]
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Courtesy of Dark Side Of The Lens by photographer Mickey Smith .
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One Of The All-Time Greats Writes His Memoirs Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Herman Willemse wrote his memoirs about his open water swimming career – one of the most prolific and successful careers of the 20th century. In Vrije slag (Freestyle), Willemse tells of his swims around the world and his post-retirement adventures in
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Serbo Simeoni emerging from the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim on the west coast of Florida. “This past winter was my first cold water season,” recalls Floridian attorney Serbo Simeoni who swam in the sea throughout the winter. “It was an eye opener so to speak. I always thought the English Channel was about the distance,
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Photos courtesy of SWNS. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What does it take to swim across an ocean? Ben Hooper is finding out. Since he started training to swim across the Atlantic Ocean one year ago, he has now swum 100,000 lengths in his local pool at Leisure At, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with the
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Courtesy of Jorge Paulo Pereira of 3 Iron Sports and organizer of the Swim Challenge Cascais. Every swimmer has their preferred positioning when drafting off a competitor. Some like to be right behind their foes, occasionally touching the toes in front of them and swimming in the froth of their kick. Others like to tuck
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Photo from Arctic Swell courtesy of Chris Burkard. Ocean Recovery Alliance is organizing the Hong Kong Ocean in Motion Film Festival between April 15 and 19th. “Join us in, on and under the water for some incredible footage, excitement, beauty, humor and everything ocean. Every night showcases up to 9 films and all nights are
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Courtesy of Serbo Simeoni, standing between Ann Heller von Spieglefeld [left] and Pat Marzulli [right] in Florida. “Ricardo Valdivia won the 7-mile Swim Around Lido Key swimming away in under 2.5 hours for 7 miles around the island. It was a beautiful sunny day with very mild winds and the tides were in our favor.
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Photos courtesy of Nuala Moore, inside the Arctic Circle in Murmansk. Like big-wave surfing and extreme skiing, we believe ice swimming can be a dramatic television-friendly event filled with charismastic personalities and colorful characters in snow-lined venues. The spectacle of ice swimming reminds us of sumo wrestling in Japan. In other words, the actual ice
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The first step in becoming an Olympic in marathon swimming begins this month for French and Australian swimmers. The next two stages on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup will be held in tropical locations. A new race in New Caledonia will be held on April 18th in
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