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KUSI.com – KUSI News – San Diego CA – News, Weather, PPR Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimming the Catalina Channel has been on the open water swimming radar since 1927. For decades, it was a tough equivalent to the English Channel in the Pacific Ocean, roughly the same distance. But everyone swims between […]
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FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix – 60e Traversee internationale du Lac-St-Jean with Esther Nuñez Morera from Leandre Lapointe on Vimeo. Léandre Lapointe recalls the conditions in lac St-Jean during the 60th Traversée internationale du Lac-St-Jean, “There were hard water conditions. It was an extraordinary achievement for all swimmers.” The final results: 1. Xavier Desharnais
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lewis Pugh who is en route to completing 200 km of swimming in his Seven Swims In The Seven Seas For 1 Reason event during August is one very busy man. Besides his solo swims of 10 km in the Mediterranean Sea (Monte Carlo, Monaco), 10 km in the
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Photo of Yuko Matsuzaki drinking a post-Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim drink of coconut water in Turks & Caicos, courtesy of photographer Craig Bruce . We find the pure water of fresh organic coconuts to be a great refresher after ocean swims. Coconut water, the clear liquid inside young green coconuts, is often called one
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Courtesy of Miguel Arrobas for Nadar Açores. On August 2nd, 9 swimmers completed the swim between the islands of Pico and Faial in the Azores Archipelago about 1,360 km (850 miles) west of continental Portugal. This crossing was the first organized by the Nadar Açores (Swim Azores) project and covered a distance of approximately 4.5
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Years ago, Kirsty Kowal was biting a real Olympic medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games for her 200m breaststroke race. Now the school teacher’s attention is often captured by open water swims where she competes from California to Cayman Islands and many lakes, bays and seas in-between. At
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On July 15th, the incomparable Colin Hill completed a new swim, length of Kielder Water. Kielder Water is a 5-mile reservoir, the largest man-made body of water in the UK, located in Northumberland in northeast England The local authorities have not allowed any open water swimming in Kielder Water
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Some people from around the world with multiple sclerosis attempt all kinds of long-distance endeavors on land and in the water for its health benefits, but 49-year-old Susan Simmons is taking it to another level altogether. The Canadian is arguably tackling the toughest endurance event in history for an
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The Triple Crown of Lake Monster swims includes swims across Loch Ness, Lake Memphremagog and Lake Tahoe
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the four documentary films to be shown at the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Isle of Bute in Scotland will showcase the unprecedented solo swim of Matthew Moseley across Lake Pontchartrain. Dancing In The Water was created by Wayne Ewing, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker.
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