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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kate Rew is always coming up with something new and innovative. She and her crew at the Outdoor Swimming Society have developed the Outdoor Swimming Society Adventure Series, a series of free wild swims for a limited number of swimmers in the United Kingdom. The OSS Adventure Swim has […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Everything about the Outdoor Swimming Society is cool and unique: its founder, its mission, its mindset, its events, and its online content. Besides its Dark 10k (with a new 10-mile course), the cold-water December Dip, and its OSS Adventure Swim Series, the Outdoor Swimming Society announced its newest event,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Theodore Yach completed his 89th Robben Island swim crossing last week. Unprecedented. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. #LGSA is a 69 km (42.8 miles) crossing of Lake Geneva in 16-24°C, called the Ultimate Trophy Swim by Ben Barham, founder of the Lake Geneva Swimming Association. “The LGSA is the only organisation set up to facilitate, officiate and regulate all attempts at the world’s premier ultramarathon fresh
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) is an open water swimming governing body in Tokyo that offers local races, biathlons and swimming holidays. JIOWSA was founded by Yutaka Shinozaki and has created a nationwide open water swimming series as well as offers open water swimming seminars, tours
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Wayne Ewing‘s latest film – Dancing In The Water – is set to premiere on April 29th in the midst of Jazz Fest. The screening at the classic Prytania Theatre is sponsored by the Louisiana Living History Foundation as their first film festival while also being
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Courtesy of Nuala Moore with upper photo of Paolo Chiarino. Nuala Moore talks about preparing for an Ice Swim in less than 5°C, either for a competitive 1 km ice swim or the ultimate Ice Mile.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 38-year-old Ingemar Patiño Macarine Full, nicknamed the Pinoy Aquaman, will add to his growing channel swimming legacy in the Philippines. The Filipino attorney from Placer in Surigao Del Norte has completed a number of unprecedented crossings and will attempt an unprecedented 17 km crossing of the Cebu Channel from
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tickets are on sale now, available here, for Mike Lewis‘s photography exhibition north of San Diego, California. The May 8th event is hosted by Mike Lewis [Skype/Instagram/Facebook/Twitter is mike2swim or at www.olavistaphotography.com]. For more information on Lewis’ photography, visit here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On May 8th, Mike Lewis is having a photography show title The Art Of Swimming with acclaimed sports photographer Donald Miralle at their Leucadia Photoworks studio in Encinitas, California. “The show is going to be a super fun night with a DJ, food, wine, beer and soft drinks. Donald
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