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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matías Ola was interviewed this week in a fascinating exchange of information and insight together with Jose Diaz and Alessi Pérez on the weekly Nadandolibre Radio Show – Radio Marca in Spain. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. An increasing number of huge tankers are anchored in the Catalina Channel, waiting to get into the Long Beach port. The horizon off the Southern California coast is dotted with dozens of cargo ships sitting in the channel waiting for dockworkers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union at
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We see a lot of similarities between aquatic athletes in various disciplines. Whether the athletes is an open water swimmer walking triumphantly onto shore, a pool swimmer hitting the wall with a best time, a diver nailing a dive of high technical difficulty, a water polo player scoring a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ice swimmer, channel swimmer, marathon swimmer, coach and adventurer Charlotte Brynn was seen helping building the winter swimming venue at the site of the upcoming United States Winter Swimming Championships on February 21st and 22nd in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. For more information on the Winter Championships and the Kingdom
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Some Skin Shark Scene Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tattoos are all the rage with all kinds of marine scenes and creatures dotting the skinscape of athletes and non-athletes alike. But some tattoos are particularly eye-catching to open water swimmers, especially those of sharks, mermaids and crashing surf. On left is certainly one startling
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sharks are being killed to the tune of over 100 million a year. At this rate, it is feared that sharks will be eliminated by mankind. But the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California is trying to do something about this destruction. Its animal husbandry team has
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. James Penrose from the UK was one of the marathon swimmers who competed in this past weekend’s Naturally Buoyant category in the 14 km Cold Half marathon swim in Hong Kong, slogging through the choppy Stanley Bay that was churned up by 15-20 knot winds. Despite the 17ºC warm
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lots of athletes experience peaks in their athletic careers in high school. Others peak in their university years and a select few continue on to peak at World Championships, the Olympics or as professional athletes. The life of a competitive athlete can be fleeting and is largely confined to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Harry Wright completed the 10 km Cold Half marathon swim in 2 hours 49 minutes on Saturday, but experienced knee issues during his 3 hour 20 minute Standard Chartered Marathon run on Sunday. He completed the dual marathon swim and marathon run as part of the last weekend’s Cold
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Heidi Sweetman is a mountaineer and an open water swimmer with an English channel relay with the Sivota Sharks. She has trekked to Base Camp Everest and recommends icicle mountaineering. We asked her about the differences between mountaineering and channel swimming: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: When you
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