Intensity In The Ice
Russian winter swimmer Dokuchaev, courtesy of Nuala Moore.
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Robert Konrad Faced 1 Choice – Swim Towards The Lights
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Robert Konrad, a former professional American football player with the Miami Dolphins, had faced lots of pressure before in his athletic career, playing in stadiums filled with fans under the glare of television, but it was nothing like he faced this week in the Atlantic Ocean. Nine miles off
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Swimming In Your Own Skin
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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Club Tortuga, Saving Lives In Mexico
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 And The Walk
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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Is This A Jellyfish Or A Human Brain?
Courtesy of Johan Swanepoel. Check out one of his amazing photos here.
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Vladimir Turov, Cold Water Enabled
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vladimir Turov is a 40-year-old disabled cold water swimmer from Tyumen, Russia. At the recent Russian Winter Swimming Championships, he competed in the 25m breaststroke and 25m freestyle (see here). Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Captivating Camaraderie And Competitive Challenge
When we observe the start and first initial turns of a mass open water swim, we think of the 3C’s: a churning cacophony of competition. Or perhaps it is a captivating clamor of camaraderie? Whatever it is, it is charming, collegial and challenging. Photos from the Great Swim, New Zealand Ocean Swim Series, and Swim
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Bold, Barrel-chested, Battle-Tested Heroes Of Open Water
Courtesy of Nuala Moore on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. Kevin Murphy of Great Britain is shown sandwiched between Alexandr Brylin and Grigori Prokopchuk who completed the Diomedes Island Swim in 2014. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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The Yin-Yang Of Open Water Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. How do they do it? How do open water swimmers balance the clearly contrary extremes in their daily lives? In Chinese philosophy, yin (陰) and yang (陽) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and inter- dependent. After observing people doing extraordinary swims, the yin-yang
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