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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matías Ola has outdone himself. Not as an ice swimmer as he usually does, but also as an event organizer. At the International Winter Swimming Festival Argentina 2014, representatives from 17 countries swam in the inaugural ice swimming event in Ola’s native country. Swimmers from several Russian Federations, Poland, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter Campaign helping to inspire all kinds of people with self- and peer-motivation, Pádraig Mallon and the Camlough Lake Water Festival have a full slate of athletic activities to offer in 2015. February 7th: Ireland Ice Swimming Championships at Camlough Lake
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine Full‘s New Year’s Day attempt to swim 10.5 km across the Hinatuan Passage in the Philippines was successful. The Pinoy Aquaman swam from Brgy. Dona Helen, Socorro, Siargao to Brgy. Cagdianao, Claver, Surigao del Norte in 5 hours 8 minutes. “The swim is to promote clean
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The word neoteny is borrowed from the German word Neotenie, the latter constructed from the Greek νέος (neos meaning ‘young’) and τείνειν (teínein meaning ‘to extend’). When adults retain traits of the young, the scientific term for this state is neoteny. When we see adults enjoying competition, exploring swims
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Chillswim Boxing Day Dip, organized by Colin Hill and Steph Cox of Chillswim, is held on Boxing Day in Windermere, England. “Open water swimming is our sole passion, and we want to share the exhilaration of year round outdoor swimming with everyone,” describes the ever-creative Hill. Happy times
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Patiño Macarine Full will attempt to swim 10 km across the Hinatuan Passage from Bucas Grande Island in the Municipality of Socorro, Siargao to Brgy. Cagdianao in Municipality of Claver, Surigao del Norte. “The swim is to promote clean seas and tourism in Surigao, Philippines.” Full, nicknamed the
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Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova, 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Arguably, she has helped drive the knowledge base of the cold water swimming community more than any other individual in recent times. Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova, arguably the world’s leading medical expert in ice swimming, was voted by
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In a year of extraordinary exploits by so many swimmers, it was frankly impossible to select the absolute best performance of the year. Both teams and soloists swam between islands and between nations, across channels and across lakes. Every month, people were making the impossible seem possible in the
Henri Kaarma, 2014 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There may not be a more unselfish man in the open water swimming world than Henri Kaarma. As one of the the most accomplished – and certainly the fastest – ice swimmers in history, the Estonian was voted
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In an emerging sport when there are many new products, services, events, books, movies and inventions every year, it is always difficult to select the ultimate World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year. So many things are unique and impressive – and helpful or inspiration to newbie or
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