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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 49-year-old Susan Simmons of Canada was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis nearly 20 years ago. She took to swimming nine years ago to help manage the disease and it has been an upward journey the entire way. It has not been tough because her disease is getting worse; it is […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After taking a total of 68 flights to 5 continents throughout 2014, from Quebec to Qatar, we continue to learn more about the global open water swimming world. Whether we talk with swimmers in Boston or Bahrain, London or Lisbon, San Francisco or São Paulo, we enjoy discovering how
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The nominees for the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year are always an heroic and impressive group of individuals with exceptional exploits, histories and lifestyles. Their long hours of training and their disciplined mindset, the conditions and logistics they must face all seem to come together just
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrew Malinak, Donal Buckley, Elaine Howley, and Evan Morrison and the Marathon Swimmers Federation (MSF) they represent announced MSF Rules of Marathon Swimming in January 2014. In their initial press release on the rules of marathon swimming, they stated, “The realization that no one was better positioned to move
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Below are the new water temperature rules for U.S. Masters Swimming, effective January 1st 2015: 302.2.2: Water Conditions A: Water Temperature (1) A swim shall not begin if the water temperature is less than 60°F (15.6°C), unless heat-retaining swimwear is required of all swimmers or a USMS-approved thermal plan
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We love the colors of the promotion ads of the King and Queen of the Sea event in Brazil. Ad above shows South African Chad Ho leading Alexander Studzinski, Ous Mellouli, Allan do Carmo and Valerio Cleri in the grid race. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On tandem swims, we wonder if most swimmers breathe towards each other or towards their kayakers or escort pilots (i.e., away from one another)? Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Tandem Swims, Breathe Left, Right Or Together? Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hint: the water is warm. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “I am more comfortable in the ocean than I am on land,” said Betty Ann Puaonaona Barnett who was inducted into the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame in both Masters Swimmers and Ocean Swimmers. Since 1972, the flight attendant for Hawaiian Airlines since 1966, has dominated her age groups
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Philip Rush has given the prolific American 3-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle the green light to attempt their final Oceans Seven relay crossing on January 13th – 17th. The trio has completed crossings of the Molokai Channel, the English Channel, the North Channel,
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