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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andy Davis of Penfield Search Partners is putting on another ocean swim. The veteran open water swimmer from Connecticut trains almost year-round at Penfield Beach on America’s East Coast and has hosted both the inaugural 5.2-mile Cold Water Challenge and the follow-up Cold Water Classic. Now he is introducing […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Turtle gut? What is it? Barbara Cresse, a founder and current director of the South Jersey Triathlon Club, founded a race off the shores of southern New Jersey called the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet. Her intention? To honor an historical event that occurred in what is now Wildwood
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “There is nothing solo about a solo swim,” reported Oceans Seven swimmer Kimberley Chambers from the Ulster hospital in County Down, Northern Ireland. “It is a team effort all the way. Everyone on the boat stuck with me, including my pilot Quinten Nelson. I could not be more helpful.
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When swimmers listen to surfer’s lingo, they may overhear some of the following terms: Ankle Slappers/Busters: small waves. Back Down: to decide not to take off on a wave. Bail out: to get away from, jump off, or dive off the surfboard just before a potential wipe out. Barrel: a hollow channel formed inside a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are only so many pages in the H2Open Magazine and the ultimate decision-maker of what gets into each issues is Simon Griffiths, the chief editor and visionary behind the world’s first open water swimming magazine. So when he decided to swim in the 12 km race at the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Susan Moody Prieto was hit with devastating news. The mother of two young girls talks of when her doctor tells her that she has cancer. “Why me?” she writes in her Swim4Good site. “It takes me to a terrible place so fast that I have to slam it shut.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As a race director, Doug Woodring has created the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, the Sheko Challenge, the Cold Half, the carbon-neutral option, The Five, the Cold Standard, and the Kids Ocean Day. As an ocean advocate, Woodring has created the Ocean Recovery Alliance, the Global Alert platform, the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. James Jonsson will attempt to swim 38 miles in under 20 hours to raise money for a crowdfunding campaign for children with Autism. Jonsson will attempt an unprecedented marathon swim later this week at Bear Lake that borders of the states of Utah and Idaho. He refers to his
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Photo and results courtesy of Mike Lewis on behalf of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, Honolulu, Hawaii. Pre-race favorite Becca Mann came through as the locals and media predicted, but Kareena Lee of Australia pushed her. The pair had finished within 3 seconds of each other less than 24 hours earlier when they both had competed
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Photo and results courtesy of Mike Lewis on behalf of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, Honolulu, Hawaii. The Australian men dominated the 45th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim again. Although they were pushed by Japanese Yasunari Hirai, at the end of the day, the watermen from Western Australia proved their speed, stamina and ocean knowledge too much.
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