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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The crossing of Monterey Bay by a wetsuit-less, stinger suit-less swimmer has not been done since 1983 when the renowned Cindy Cleveland first pioneered the 25-mile course. Similar its Northern California cousin, the Farallon Islands, the Monterey Bay was daunting and dangerous – and had defeated all bioprene swimmers […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ray Sani, a member of the Open Water Swimming Committee of the Indonesian Swimming Federation (PRSI or Persatuan Renang Seluruh Indonesia), will not come to Scotland for the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference. But he wrote some heartfelt words to thank those who helped the PRSI become successful
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Niko Kluyver has led an extraordinarily interesting life. Born in Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea, he moved at an early age to Suriname on the northeastern coast of South America. A gifted swimmer and water polo player, he was recruited to swim in the American state of Washington as
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos are courtesy of Kelvin Trautman. What he started on August 9th, Lewis Pugh finished yesterday. Lewis Pugh completed his seventh and final leg of his Seven Swims In The Seven Seas For 1 Reason yesterday. After swimming 20 km on three consecutive days in rough conditions in the
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Courtesy of Bee Runner Films at the Wedge in Newport Beach, California. When the surf is high along the Southern California coastlines as it was this week, a few Catalina Channel crossings were cancelled and postponed. We wonder when the surf is high along the coast… …what is happening out in the Catalina Channel? …is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km ocean swim on the south coast of Maui in Hawaii got a whole lot more competitive and much more exciting when Mother Nature acted up on the Gold Coast of Australia, leading to the cancellation of the 10 km race
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The sport of open water swimming is growing fast. But not everywhere. The Olympic Games has an open water swimming event. The Special Olympics World Summer Games have an open water swimming event. The World University Games have open water swimming events. The European Swimming Championships have open water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Klein Curaçao (English: Little Curaçao) is a small uninhabited island south-east of Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea. Part of the country of Curaçao, it has an old lighthouse that oversees the gorgeous diving spots, coral reef, and underwater caves that encircle the island. Two Dutchmen are going to attempt
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is interesting to see open water swimmers smile broadly when the pool they use for training purposes is really long or wavy, preferably both. Conversely, it is also interesting to see open water swimmers smile broadly when the conditions in the open water are very calm and they
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Sea Monkeys Hang Around Seal Beach Pier Courtesy of Sea Monkey Mistress Katie Rowe in Long Beach, California. When the surf starting to pump up along the Southern California coast, Sea Monkey Mistress Katie Rowe sent out a characteristically cheerful and creative communication: Hey swimmies! So just in case you haven’t noticed, there’s a leeetle
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