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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The sea is rough, the waves are pounding along the coast, the swells are bouncing against the rocky shore. What is a swimmer to do? What would you do? Are you a risk-taker or are you risk-averse? Do you take a chance, wait for a lull in the surf, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This visual of a passing cargo ship, kayaker Shu Pu, and Simon Holliday crossing paths in the Pearl River delta between Hong Kong and Macau is pretty cool. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Hudah Levendall of Speedo South Africa. Photo of Chad Ho at the aQuellé Midmar Mile, courtesy of Darren Goddard. A week after the aQuellé Midmar Mile, 2008 Olympian Chad Ho plan to participate in the inaugural Sanlam Cape Mile in Grabouw, South Africa. The Sanlam Cape Mile is a professional 1-mile and 500m
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Courtesy of Hudah Levendall of Speedo South Africa. Upper photo courtesy of Darren Goddard. Lower photo courtesy of Avril Reeves. Speedo’s Chad Ho will attempt to make history at the world’s largest competitive open water swim, the aQuellé Midmar Mile, near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa this weekend. The 23-year-old Olympian has won the men’s crown for
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It took 20 years for Gary Emich to complete 1,000 crossings between Alcatraz Island and the shoreline of San Francisco in northern California. He not only completed the crossings by steadily averaging one swim a week for 20 solid years, but he also carefully documented each and every crossing
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A day after the opening race of the 2015 FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup series in Argentina this weekend, the opening event on the 6-race FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix also kicks off in the Paraná River in Argentina. This Sunday, the inaugural 25 km Villa
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2015 edition of the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup kicks off this Saturday on February 7th with La Patagones-Viedma (Maraton Patagones-Viedma International Open Water Swim) in Argentina. Nearly 100 of the world’s top professional marathon swimmers will participate in the opening race of the 11-race circuit.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. China’s swimwear company Hosa is one of China’s 500 most valuable brands and is one of the largest indoor sportswear brands in China, selling swimwear, fitness wear, sports underwear and accessories. Hosa has always promoted an enjoyable and healthy lifestyle through its products, brands and 1,356 retail outlets throughout
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships, John Flanagan was swimming well in the 10 km race, solidly entrenched in the lead pack of 4 swimmers. The men had pushed the pace, separated from the others, and were sprinting towards the finish. Flanagan, an ocean swimmer from Honolulu,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Des Renford first swam the English Channel in 1970, he was 43 years old and was referred to in the press as “Maroubra Grandfather Des Renford” because back in the 1970s swimming community, 43 was considered quite advanced in chronological age. But as Renford’s articles remained tucked away
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