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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Admiral Konstantin Sidenko, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Bering Strait Swim “Chukotka – Alaska 2013” and the commander of the Eastern Military District from 2010 to 2013, addressed the participants of the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland. Dear Friends, One year has passed since […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Niko Kluyver and André Nottelman completed the first crossing between Klein Curaçao and Santa Barbara Beach on Curaçao in a 26.1 km tandem swim. “We had excellent assistance from the Dutch Koprs Mariniers (Marines) who provided a boat and pilots. We also had the benefit to have Gladwin de
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The entrance gate at Harvard University has the motto, ‘Enter To Grow In Wisdom, Depart To Serve Thine Own Kind.’ This motto reminds us of the career and mindset of Vojislav Mijić who will be inducted as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers, probably more than most humans, know the value of applying sunscreen on. JUNE by Netatmo is something to consider although it is not a first-pass “gotta-have” product for most swimmers. JUNE by Netatmo is a jewelled leather wrap bracklet that tracks sunlight exposure and sends alerts
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Plastiglomerate is a word that really irks ocean advocates like Doug Woodring, but it is almost a phenomenon that should send shudders down the spine of most humans. Plastiglomerate is a new type of stone that is formed when the fragments of rock and seashell bone with melted plastic
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Courtesy of José Díaz of Nadandolibre, Spain. Sergio Salomone from Argentina discusses open water swimming with José Díaz of Nadandolibre (see here in Spanish). Salomone talks about his in-water experiences with an orca. “I swam with the animal that even Great White Sharks fear, the most imposing of all aquatic predators…the Orca (Ballena asesina in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Olympian and world champion Keri-Anne Payne and her Scottish double Commonwealth Games gold medalist husband David Carry will attend this weekend’s 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland. As Payne is still busy building her illustrious career and leading open water swims the world over, the former greats
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The Legacy Of Jon Erikson Lives And Will Be Documented Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Among the individuals who will be honored at this weekend’s 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland will be Jon Erikson. The first person to complete a three-way crossing of the English Channel, the ISHOF Honor Open Water
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Photo of Colin Hill swimming in Coniston Water courtesy of adventure photographer Steve Ashworth from MovieIT. When a creatively brilliant photographer combines with an intrepid open water swimmer, magical things happen in the water. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are few open water swimmers in the world who bring as many smiles and generate as much respect as does Elizabeth Fry. The financial services consultant from Connecticut, is all over the open water swimming map. From a record-setting marathon swimmer to organizing and helping swimmers accomplish their
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