To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guri Bosch, a 3-year-old chocolate labrador retriever, won the Canine Division of the 5-mile point-to-point Lake Willoughby Swim in 2013. But occasionally pets and animals swim across open bodies of water for various other reasons. Some swims are documented; most are not. Back in 1938, Blackie the Wonder Horse‘s […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lisa Hertz completed an unprecedented 23-mile Shadow Swim from Clearwater Beach to St. Pete Beach in Florida on December 6th 2014. She swam to raise money for cluster headache research and awareness. “Cluster Headaches are a rare pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve on one side of your
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deirdre Whalen is the Permit Coordinator & Government and Community Relations Coordinator at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. She was co-host of the 2014 Monterey Beach SportsFest in Monterey Bay and talked about the marine sanctuaries and why and how people can enjoy these protected areas. Copyright ©
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephen Redmond‘s historic completion of the Oceans Seven was showcased on America’s CBS Daytime television. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Endurance Sports Expo is the largest cycling, running and triathlon Expo in the United States. Held in the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania on February 21st – 22nd, the expo is focused on land-based athletes, but it also offers a bit of splash into the open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. To help the next generation of swimmers learn to enjoy open water swimming is a wonderful thing. People jump in with newbies and swim together – or just talk through fears that some people have of the open water. So many people around the world are passionate about open
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Courtesy of the annual Murray Rose Malabar Magic Ocean Swim, touted as Sydney, Australia’s friendliest open water swim.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The most exciting parts of an open water swim for most spectators include: 1. The run-in at an onshore start 2. The finish of a close race 3. Bodysurfing into the finish 4. The scramble around the turn buoys, especially at the start when the packs are large in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Towering open waterist Ned Denison was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2013. He recalls some of his most vivid memories over the course of his career: Catalina Channel, 20.3 miles from Catalina Island to California mainland: “I had the perfect day…not a ripple. The
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Talk about a passion for the sport. There may be none with more passion than Peter Charter who will participate in the 2015 aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa next month. Charter will be at the start despite having heart bypass surgery shortly after last year’s Midmar Mile. “If
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