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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chris Guesdon, Linda Kaiser, Sue Guesdon and Jim Anderson represent nearly two centuries of open water swimming experience covering mass participation events, competitive elite racing, and solo ocean swims and relays. The quartet gathered on the shores of Waikiki Beach on Oahu and, quite naturally, talked open water. Copyright […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Just as ice swimming requires certain rules (e.g., no flip turns, experienced re-warming procedures), we believe that tropical swims demand certain considerations and protective rules in order to maintain safety. In an apparent contradiction, we also believe that rules pertaining to swims in the 50-82ºF (10-27ºC) water temperature range
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Breathe to one side and you might be able to see the beautiful Austrian side of Lago di Resia; breathe to the other side and you may be able to see the the majestic Ortler Glacier in Italy. And when the water levels are high, you might be able
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During our aquatic travels around the world, we have occasionally hired a local mariner to boat us over to an uninhabited offshore island and played Robinson Crusoe for a few hours. We usually spent as long swimming in the water around the uninhabited islands as we did walking around
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FINA is the world’s governing body for swimming and, by far, the most powerful force in the aquatics world. FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur) oversees the aquatic disciples for pool swimming, open water swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming, diving and high diving. FINA is run by professional management
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Balanced kicking and leg strength have long been seen as an important tool by elite open water swimming coaches around the world. Manufacturers from FINIS to Speedo have long provided kick boards and fins to help swimmers develop their kick and leg strength. Hard work is a given, but
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Ian Holyoak captures the spirit of adventure and fun of young swimmers before the 2.5-mile interisland Bente Weber Memorial Swim or the Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim in the Caribbean Sea.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ram Barkai, Chairman of the Freedom Swim Series, announced the 2015 Freedom Swim is scheduled for the weekend of April 11-12th. The big swim is from Robben Island to Big Bay. All swimmers will be ferried to the start point in the morning so they can swim back. For
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Scott Zornig did research about channel swimming in the first half of the 20th century along the coast of California.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When elite athletes come barreling into the finish line and smack the touch plate, they often have no clear idea of their final placing. Unlike pool swimmers or water polo players who look up to a scoreboard or like synchronized swimmers or divers who look at judges for their
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