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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Among masters swimmers, there is occasionally discussions and debates about the etiquette of drafting in the open water swimming competitions. One such issue includes, “In a draft-legal open water swimming race, is it good or bad etiquette to draft off another person for all, majority or much of a […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It’s time.” “Go ahead and jump.” “Good luck.” Those are often the last words channel swimmers hear when they are getting ready to dive off their escort boat to swim to shore. Professor Michael Johmann of the University of Louisville was like thousands of swimmers before him. But he
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The day before Michelle Macy set a new record for the Round Jersey solo circumnavigation swim under great conditions, Emma France from Guildford in the UK was not so fortunate. But the outcome was the same: success. France knows what marathon swimming is all about; she understands the ebbs
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Shortly after setting the women’s record from Jersey to France in 6 hours 42 minutes, 37-year-old American Michelle Macy from Oregon broke the solo circumnavigation record around Jersey in the English Channel. She really had to push it though as she swam faster than two renowned women. The existing
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Courtesy of John Gurich in Huntington Beach, California. Paige Gurich (15-year-old Long Beach Junior Lifeguard), Rachel Hughes (Long Beach Junior Lifeguard), Mathew Shea, Canon Smith, Brendon, Madison, Ben, and Jake in back row are shown after the 2014 Mega. In the front row is Jeff Gillott (Head of Long Beach Junior Lifeguards) and Samantha are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jamie Patrick‘s The Great Lake Swim will begin August 18th. Watch here at www.thegreatlakeswim.com for the entire 45-50 hour solo swim along the shores of Lake Michigan. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. He swam and swam and swam. He was not about to give up. He swam even more after the tidal flow started to push him away from shore. He swam as his body temperature steadily decreased. He swam as his legs gave out and his hips were low in
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Courtesy of Kickstarter. ORCA or the Ocean Recreation Comfort Apparatus is sonic camouflage designed to keep sharks away from humans when they are surfing, swimming, diving or otherwise recreating in the ocean. The new product is a Kickstarter project that is gradually being crowd funded. The ORCA emits sound waves that mimic killer whales. Based
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The most popular open water swims around the world from the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim to the Great Chesapeake Bay Sea sell out within minutes. A new swim on the block, the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim is almost getting to that same point. The 5 km open water event
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Courtesy of TVNZ from New Zealand. Viewers are cautioned that some images in this New Zealand television report on Kimberley Chambers‘ pursuit of the Oceans Seven may be disturbing: New Zealand Overcomes Horrific Injury Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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