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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sea Hawk relay team had its sights on swimming a record-shattering 490 km relay, but the team of 6 Indian swimmers feel slight short of their goal. Yet the team still managed to swim an incredible 433 km over a 6-day period between February 13th-19th. The Sea Hawk […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is rare that swimmers are greeted with advertising geared towards them when they arrive at the airport and city streets near where their competition will occur. But it happens. Fly into Georgetown and welcome signs at the airport greet swimmers who will participate in the Flowers Sea Swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jitendra Khasnis, the swimming coach of the Shark Aquatic Club in India, reported that the Indian government has lifted its restrictions on attempts to swim the Gate Way of India. The restrictions were put in place after terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. “14-year-olds Sampanna Ramesh Shelar and Soham Sheth
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ron Collins talks about the origins of crossing Tampa Bay at the start of the 2015 Tampa Bay Frogman Swim that Serbo Simeoni finished in 1 hour 14 minutes. The history of the event is here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Clever Curious Creative Courageous Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Clever, curious, creative, courageous. These are 4 adjectives that describe open water swimmers who investigate, plan and execute unprecedented swims around the world. These pioneers take the time and risk to research, identify and attempt swims that have never been done before. Copyright © 2008
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Jef Mallett Isn’t Frazzled About Boston Light Swim Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Greg O’Connor announced the 2015 Boston Light Swim field with 25 solo swimmers and 6 relay teams. “They will swim 8 miles from Boston Light into South Boston on August 15th. We have an exciting collection of swimmers from across the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A number of open water swimmers have spoken at TED conferences around the world: Lewis Pugh, Maarten van der Weijden, Diana Nyad, Dr. Peter Attia, Vicki Keith, Ori Sela, Tim Ferriss, and others. TED Talks are a global set of conferences run by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation under
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 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 the South Pacific followed by a race in Cancún in the Caribbean Sea. Copyright © 2015 by World
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While swimming naked can mean to open water swimmers that they are swimming without neoprene or a wetsuit, most people understand swimming naked to mean without a swimsuit or covering of any kind. “It’s freeing to swim naked,” is what people claim when they swim in their birthday suit.