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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This past Saturday in British Columbia, Canada, 49-year-old Susan Simmons completed the longest marathon swim in history by an individual diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It was a long journey to their destination, but both Simmons with MS and her swimming buddy Alex Cape successfully finished their two-way crossing of […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA from Huntington Beach, California. Prudential and the Singapore Swim Stars is rolling out the red carpet and a brand new promotion for all things aquatic in Singapore. The splashy start to the 3-day series is set to begin on September 5th with mano-a-mano duels in the pool as well as open water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alexander Studzinski won the Great Scottish Swim, competing with 2,500 other open water swimmers in Loch Lomond yesterday. It was a fitting farewell to the German marathon swimmer who is now off with his fiancé Beatrix Eisel to Hawaii for their wedding before their Maui Channel Swim. Beatrix, a
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Not only did Cyril Baldock of Australia, a life member of Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club and 7-time national surf-swim and rescue/resuscitation champion, complete a crossing of the English Channel for the second time, but he also became the oldest human in history to make such a crossing.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When it comes to images of freestyle, the Gold Coast and the Australian surf, the combination culminates in the dominating figures of Australian watermen and iconic lifesavers. So when the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships culminates in the 10 km marathon swim on the Gold Coast, the expectations of the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On the Gold Coast of Australia, the last event of the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships will be held on Monday, August 25th. It should be a great race to culminate the international championships. The women entered into the 10 km ocean swim are listed below and include two
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Denny Ryther, chairman of the Open Water Swimming Committee of UANA (Unión Americana de Natación or the Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas*), provided updates on the open water swimming plans for the next Pan American Games to be in Toronto, Canada in July 2015. In its report on
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Beyond Avalon was prepared for anything and everything in their unprecedented 76-mile (122 km) relay attempt from Santa Catalina Island to La Jolla Cove near San Diego. But 40 miles into the swim, they had to unexpectedly call the swim. They really had no choice. Penny Nagel explains, “After
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the postponement of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim to Maui on August 31st (see related article here), it will be an incredible 4 days in the Hawaiian islands at the end of August for ocean swimmers and fans. On August 30th, the Maui Channel
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming reported that Grace van der Byl would be the first person to not only swim 20.2 miles across the Catalina Channel, but also paddle across the San Pedro Channel in the 32-mile Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race. This “double crossing” would be unprecedented
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