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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. George Young was recently inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Open Water Swimmer. Young burst upon the international scene when he won the January 15th 1927 Wrigley Ocean Marathon across the Catalina Channel, but he was a fast and accomplished swimmer throughout his teenage […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The seeding events for the world’s largest competitive open water swimming race continue in South Africa. This weekend, the Time Freight Swim Challenge at the Lake Deneys Yacht Club on Vaal Dam in Deneysville, South Africa will be held as will the inaugural Sasol Swim Challenge. Race director Wayne
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The most popular open water swims around the world from the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim to the Great Chesapeake Bay Sea sell out within minutes. A new charity swim, the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim in Tampa Florida has quickly reached that level of popularity. Tomorrow, the 5 km open
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Photo of hippopotamuses courtesy of Diana Nyad on tour in Africa. Hippos are very aggressive animals, especially when young calves are present. They are widely considered to be one of the most dangerous large animals in Africa. Frequent targets of their aggression include crocodiles, which often inhabit the same river habitat as hippos. Nile crocodiles,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Albert Einstein said, “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” Map maker Daniele Quercia says, “If you think adventure is dangerous. Try the routine.” When we swim across Waikiki Bay, along Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands, around Manhattan Island, across the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Throughout the Olympic Games, swimming events have been held in open bodies of water: * 1896 Athens Olympics (Games of the I Olympiad): Bay of Zea off the Piraeus coast in the Aegean Sea of Greece * 1900 Paris Olympics (Games of the III Olympiad): Seine River in Paris,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bryan Finlay of Solo Swims of Ontario recalls some of his previous research studies, “In my experience, there is a particular feature of some ultra-marathon swimmers that I have noticed over the years. It came from my observations in the 1960s while conducting studies on the biomechanics of skin.
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Courtesy of Bob Burnside, a retired Los Angeles County Chief Lifeguard. Club Tortuga was a United States Life Saving Association-approved Mexican water safety development project founded by Bob Burnside. As part of this project, the first Spanish beach lifeguard training manual was developed primarily as a translation of the United States Life Saving Association manual.
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Diana Nyad gives lots of background information on her parents, her Cuba-Florida swim, her team and her next goal: The Walk.
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Courtesy of Johan Swanepoel. Check out one of his amazing photos here.
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