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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What is possible to research with runners and cyclists on land is not always possible to research with swimmers in the water. Unfortunately. But what channel swimmer Dr Peter Attia continues to research on land will, hopefully and eventually, find its way to the open water swimming world. Attia’s […]
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Excerpts from the August 28th 1968 edition of Computer World. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While using a computer to communicate with one’s escort pilot, teammates, crew and friends is a given in the contemporary open water swimming world, it was certainly not the case back in 1968. In a long-gone era without GPS,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Grace van der Byl became the third person in history to do a unique swimming + paddling double crossing of the Catalina Channel. The tough-nosed marathon swimmer turned paddle boarder completed Sunday’s 32-mile Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race from Catalina Island to Manhattan Beach. The first person to complete this
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Bernardo Moya from The Best You talks with Adam Walker about his road to the completion of the Oceans Seven in a series of interviews.
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The Sights And Sounds And Swims Of The Seven Seas Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photo is courtesy of Kelvin Trautman. Lewis Pugh is swimming 7 marathon swims during August to encourage governments to establish Marine Protected Areas. Pugh has completed 6 of his Seven Swims In The Seven Seas For 1 Reason: 10
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Stanley was going to shift the paradigm of open water swimming with the constant global, real-time coverage of selected open water swims, especially those unprecedented ultra-marathon swims across lakes, channels and oceans. Utilizing the SmackDab platform, fans can view open water swimmers no matter where they are located
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Morning Times of Sayre, Pennsylvania reported the passing of open water swimming pioneer Russell Chaffee. The 87-year-old had quite a career and mindset that foreshadowed the contemporary growth of marathon swimming in the United States. A lifelong math teacher, Russell swam all over the eastern U.S. His local
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Photo of crocodile courtesy of open water swimmer Bob Luce in Florida. The Miami Herald reported that two people were bitten by a 8-9 foot crocodile in Coral Gables, Florida while swimming in a neighborhood canal during a party around 2 am on Sunday. Jorge Pino, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation spokesman, reported that
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Courtesy of Kingdom Games, registration opens September 15th 2014. SWIM THE KINGDOM • Son of a Swim, June 13th and 20th – 6, 4, and 2 mile courses • Kingdom Swim, July 25th – 15-mile Border Buster, WOWSA 10 Mile World Open Water Championship, non-championship 10, 6, 3, and 1 mile courses, and 1/4 mile
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Philip Hodges was one of two swimmers, including Adrian Rotchell who finished in 14 hours, to complete the recent Loch Lomond crossing in Scotland. The 44-year-old Hodges, who finished the cross-lake challenge in 13 hours 1 minute, trained by Ned Denison in Cork and was extremely grateful for the
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