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Courtesy of @captainmatthewwebb, Huntington Beach, California. If Captain Matthew Webb and his support crew, led by A. G. Payne, had access to Twitter back in 1875 when he became the first person to swim across the English Channel in 21 hours 45 minutes, this is what we imagine he and his crew may have tweeted: […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Prison island swims are open water swims where swimmers swim between famed prison islands and the shorelines or mainlands nearby. The prison island swims include swims from Le Château d’If, Fort Boyard, Devil’s Island, Île de Gorée, Robben Island, Alcatraz Island, Spike Island, Rottnest Island, and Sainte-Marguerite and their
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Data courtesy of Barbara Held and Marcia Cleveland. Among the individuals who have completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the average age is 43.7 years old. The age of completion ranges from teenagers [female: Charlotte Samuels at the age of 16 and male: Lachlan Hinds at the age of 18] to veterans [female:
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Complaints by Alex Meyer and other swimmers about the upcoming FINA 10K Marathon Swim held in the United Arab Emirates are getting media attention (see Yahoo article here). But the complaints and planned non-participation by the American elite swimmers apparently have little influence over the rest of the global
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We have heard the blood-curling screams of people during solo swims and open water swims. These screams have come, unfortunately, because of injuries, accidents or deaths. Each of the screams are indelibly etched in our hearts and minds. The circumstances of watching humans writhing in extreme pain are sadly
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Whether swimmers are fed with bentos in Tokyo, plate lunches in Honolulu, barbeques in Texas or sit-down dinners in Manhattan, the post-race meals after open water swims always taste especially good. The breakfast spread for the 46 swimmers who swam 1.9 miles from Salt Plage to ShipWreck Beach Bar
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. All ages were represented at the TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses)-sponsored Swim Challenge Cascais in Cascais, Portugal. The race distances in the annual event include 200m and 400m races for the younger generations and mile-long ocean swims for the older groups (Cascais Mile and Milha Open). The event will be
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Henley Swim will offer its Open Water Show on July 12th together with its point-to-point Henley Mile in the Henley Regatta venue. The Open Water Show is free and will feature an exhibition with seminars and a chance to meet motivational speakers and professional coaches as well as
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The S.C.A.R. Swim has been quickly transformed from an offline rogue swim by a passionate soloist to a 5-day celebration by the crème de la crème on the international marathon swimming scene. When Kent Nicholas‘s new website went online, the beauty and uniqueness of the 66.9 km (41.7-mile) stage
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Georgia Amison is a professional open water swimmer from the UK who has her eyes set on winning the Oceanman European Final in Benidorm, Spain on October 25th. Amison has chosen the Oceanman as one of her 2015 goals. “Inner determination and will power are two words that describe
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