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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
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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Photos courtesy of André Antunes of Água Fotografia. Information courtesy of Francismar Siviero. Open water swimmer Betina Lorscheitter of Grêmio Náutico União received a bronze in the 1500m freestyle with a time of 16:53 at the Campeonato Brasileiro Absoluto – Troféu Maria Lenk 2015. Maria Lenk holds a special place in the annuals of Brazilian,
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Courtesy of Erwin Ruijsink, Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea. Curaçao is a beatiful Caribbean island with an emerging open water swimming community, both sea swimming and channel swimming. In addition to the charity event called the 2.7 km Swim for the Roses, the first Iguana Open Water Swim with a 1 km fun swim and
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Let Equality Ring, Cashing In On A College Scholarship Photo by Mike Lewis. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the distinct advantages of becoming an elite world-class athlete in America is to receive a college scholarship as a student-athlete in a NCAA institution of higher learning. Whether it is football or water
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Courtesy of Issac Sokol in Makaha, Hawaii. If an ocean swimmer needs kayakers to help them navigate and be escorted, we cannot think of a more capable group of ocean-savvy watermen than Team Grom [shown above]. Jamie O’Brien, Kalani Chapman, Kaikea Elias, Scotty Clelland, Sean McInerney, Brad Domke and Brian Emory all rode a huge
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Courtesy of John Connolly, Honorary Chief Executive of The Lifesaving Foundation, Ireland. Retired Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth Secretary John Long will receive the 2015 Honorary Ireland Medal. Between 1957 and 1991, Long was a police officer who ultimately rose in rank to that of Chief Superintendent. He served in the Criminal Investigation Department and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In Boston’s Logan International Airport, Chris Williams created a striking underwater marine scene from metal and glass, beautifully illuminated. “Seascape was created for Logan International Airport in Boston,” says the third-generation metal worker from Lockport, Massachusetts. “This installation was done in 2010 at American Airlines. It has been a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Even after the resolution of the strike at 29 West Coast ports that affected 40% of the amount of imports coming into America, in he Catalina Channel is still crowded with tankers and cargo ships waiting to offload their goods in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor. But fortunately, the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Katie Ledecky can swim nearly five times as fast as Mieko Nagaoka (長岡三重子). But the Japanese centenarian is also more than five times as old as the American Olympic champion. Both the 18-year-old American and 100-year-old Japanese are turning heads with their speed and stamina. While Ledecky can swim
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Photos courtesy of USA Swimming. While there is reportedly over one million individuals who do some form of winter swimming throughout China, over 85% of Australians live near its beautiful coastlines, and nearly every elementary school in Japan has a swimming pool on its campus, America is another country where swimming is popular at all
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