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Photo of Ram Barkai courtesy of Nuala Moore. As we slipped into a pool of slightly less-than-normal water temperatures and didn’t warm up for 50 meters, our thoughts went immediately to ice swimmers like Ram Barkai and Nuala Moore who regularly test themselves in water too unimaginably cold for mere mortals. Copyright © 2014 by […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker served as a Counsellor with One Young World in Dublin, Ireland where he mingled and inspired leaders from a number of industries, markets and countries. One Young World was founded in 2009 and gathers together the brightest young people from around the world, empowering them to make
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The landscape for the 2015 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup series has changed slightly with the traditional venues in Santos, Brazil [Maratona Aquática Internacional de Santos – Unisanta], Eliat, Israel and Shantou, China off the table for next year. But Team Brazil will surely be on top of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pilar Geijo of Argentina and Silvie Rybárová of the Czech Republic were co-champions of the 2014 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix. The pair, along with their male counterpart, Joanes Hedel of France, have ended their ultra marathon swimming seasons for 2014, but they are now shifting gears to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 29-year-old Chloë McCardel is accompanied by Dave Barra and Brianne Yeates of the Marathon Swimmers Federation on today’s 127 km (78.9-mile) ocean swim attempt in the Bahamas. So far, she is flying fast as she has averaged 3.4 km per hour over the first 16 hours of her swim
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Courtesy of Donnie Griggs and his colleagues of One Harbor Church at Cape Lookout National Seashore off the coast of North Carolina, U.S.A. On October 9th, Donnie Griggs and the leaders of One Harbor Church witnessed sharks feeding on a school of blue fish. Griggs is the lead pastor of One Harbor Church and an
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Desafío Nonthue is an open water swim on January 25th 2015 held in the clear waters of Lake Lacar in San Martín de los Andes, Argentina. For information on the 5th annual 1.6 km and 3.2 km races, visit here. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of Brenton Williams in South Africa. Over 160 swimmers took advantage of the sunny conditions to participate in Round One of the Metsi Open Water Swim Series which took place at Marina Martinique in South Africa’s Jeffreys Bay this past weekend. First into the 20°C water were the 10 km marathon swimmers with Byron
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi announced his return to the Kerkennah – Sfax Channel that he first crossed in 1991. His 18 km Iron Swim (Nage de Fer) is an environmental swim in 16°C waters scheduled for a 5-day window in January. Belhedi plans that the Nage de Fer will attract attention
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From indoors to out. From lawyering to organizing, Phil White shifted gears over the last few years from a powerful attorney to a passionate race director. On October 22nd at Lago Trattoria, White will celebrate the first anniversary of his Kingdom Games. “It’s hard to believe. Kingdom Games has
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