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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Escort pilots in the open water swimming world include captains, mariners, navigators, oceanographers and skippers who guide, escort or protect open water swimmers and other athletes in open bodies of water. Openwaterpedia lists over 150 of these intrepid pilots. This list does not included all the safety officials and […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Palmer, Executive Producer of the famous Coolangatta Gold competition in Australia has plenty of lifesaving superstars to choose from for this year’s television broadcast to be shown on Fox Sports Australia and Universal Sports in the United States. One of the featured athletes will be one of the
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Courtesy of Brian Maherg, pilot on Colleen Mallon‘s North Channel 9 hour 56 minute crossing between Scotland and Ireland. The Bangor Boat pilot vessel, MV. Ocean Crest which was used for escorting Colleen Mallon’s recently successful crossing of the Irish Channel got into difficulties on its returning journey to Ireland. Mid-channel and in challenging sea
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Photo of Dr. Irina Zhidkova [on left] with Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova [on right] strategizing onboard the Russian hospital ship Irtysh en route to Alaska during the 6-day Bering Strait Swim. Photo courtesy of Nuala Moore . Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cecil Gordon M.D. (standing on boat in middle of 3 officials on left) has a quiet, professional demeanor that is well-suited for his role as one of the leading pool and open water swimming officials in the United States. He was initially drawn to competitive aquatics when his children
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Introduction of the Prison Island Swims courtesy of Jacques Tuset and Team Aquadeus showing possible open water escapes from former prison islands all over the world. * Harry Houdini was an Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts in the early 20th century. Jacques Tuset is a French open water swimmer
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2nd annual 5 km race, The Five, is held on November 9th with a start and finish at South Bay Beach in Hong Kong. This year, there will also be a Junior Five category for youth at 250m and 400m. “We will also have the ability to put
Courtesy of Doug Woodring in Hong Kong at the 8th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim. 15 km from Stanley to Deep Water Bay in Hong Kong is a challenging course has a bit of everything including 800m cliff wall where swimmers can sometimes body-surf along the course. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water
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Occasionally, these athletic feats take on different forms far removed from swimming brief and goggles. The marathon monks of Mount Hiei located outside Kyoto, Japan where there is a traditional 46,000-kilometer undertaking where selected monks walk, meditate and pray in the Kaihōgyō ritual for 1,000 days. Their road to enlightenment and process of self-denial requires
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hybrid designer and developer Rebecca Taylor continued to swim as her third child was on its way. When asked about the difference between swimming when pregnant and not, Taylor explained, “I feel maybe a little colder – and definitely colder by the end of the swim when I get
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