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Peter Hayden was awarded the Yudovin Award for Most Adventurous Swim by the Marathon Swimmers Federation. On September 3rd 2014, Hayden combined two swims into one: an unprecedented circumnavigation swim and a channel swim that was referred to as a lollipop swim. Hayden became the first person to swim around Anacapa Island in a time […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over 16 years in the making, Colleen Isla Blair became the first Scottish swimmer to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. She started in the English Channel in 1998 when she crossed in 13 hours 55 minutes and won the Channel Swimming Association’s 1998 Award for its
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Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine. Photo courtesy of TYR of Huntington Beach, California. Swimming World Magazine reports on a USA Swimming boycott of a FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup event in the United Arab Emirates. Read here. Bonnie Ford of ESPN provides a background look at the controversial race here and here. Copyright ©
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Courtesy of Rick Gaenzle in the middle of the Cook Strait, New Zealand. The first relay to complete the Oceans Seven is over halfway across their attempt in the Cook Strait. If Rick Gaenzle, Chris Kraus and Brian Ross complete their 3-man relay crossing of the Cook Strait under the guidance of escort pilot Philip
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Courtesy of Lenny Bernstein of the Washington Post. Open water swimmers have no problem imaging swimming 9 miles in the open ocean. But they would do so with an escort pilot and/or kayak, a sufficient amount of hydration and sustenance, equipment (e.g., swimsuit, swim cap, goggles, lanolin), navigational aids (i.e., GPS), pre-planning and physical preparation.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As we drove in the early morning through the darkness, we had to use our GPS to reach Lucky’s Lake in Orlando, Florida. We were looking forward to swim in the legendary lake in central Florida where dozens of people swim daily across the lake made made by Dr.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the world-renowned Camlough Lake in Ireland, swimmers traveling from South Africa and Russia as well as all over Ireland are going to compete in 1000m heats in water temperatures below 5 degrees C. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Professional acrobat Kate Coltman is a regular swimmer in Florida’s Lake Cane. In the darkness before the sun rises, Coltman’s smile is bright as can be before and after she does the out-and-back 1 km course made famous by Lucky Meisenmheimer. Like her fellow early morning regulars in Lucky’s
The Deep Enders are a group of open water swimmers in Ventura, California ages 29 to 64 who embrace the freedom of the ocean and the power of friendship. The Deep Enders members include Jim McConica, Tamie Stewart, John Chung, Theo Schmeeckle, Stacey Warmuth, Thomas Ball and Donald Stafford. Copyright © 2015 by Fueled by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 6th UK Cold Water Swimming Championships 2015 are held on January 24th in Tooting Bec Lido’s expected 3ºC water in London . Over 650 swimmers will take the plunge to compete in the 30-yards traditional head-up breaststroke, freestyle dash and a Big Splash group jump-in. The UK Cold Water
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