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24-year-old Trent Grimsey has faced a number of suffocating defeats and career-jarring disappointments over the last few years. The Queensland native showed promise and potential, but he faced adversities and challenges that shattered his dreams and rocked his world. He trained like a madman and sacrificed as his coaches advised, but his vision of representing […]
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During the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on September 22nd, Swimming Australia will be recognized with a Certificate of Merit by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon explains, “I was the Honorary Secretary of the Swimming Australia Open Water Committee from 1988 to 2000. This was the period when the Certificate
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Yutaka Shinozaki founded the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA). The 14-race open water swimming series in Japan is now attracting an international following with athletes coming from Australia, Germany, Sweden, Korea, China, Taiwan and the United States to its latest addition – the International Masters Open Water Swim in Yumigahama Beach in Izu
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According to Open Water Source’s unofficial survey of the global open water swimming market and its over 6,500 events and competitions, there have been 29 deaths in open water swimming competitions since 2009 … and dozens of accidents in the sport. This data excludes the number of deaths that have occurred in triathlons or other
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Electrifying Facts – Taking Charge From Marine Life Courtesy of WOWSA. Researchers have discovered how to generate useable power from living organisms. A lobster has an output of 12 microwatts when enzyme-coated sheets of carbon nanotubes serve as electrodes that are implanted in the lobster’s back. The output is equal to one-third of the voltage
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Ambergris is, frankly, whale vomit. It has a marine fecal odor with a mixture of smells like seawater, oyster shell, dune, sea grass and ocean breeze. It is also the key traditional substance that perfume manufacturers have used to create scents and perfumes. Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray or
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Solid, liquid, gas are the states that water is found. This is the basic information taught to youngsters around the world in school. But, as teenagers and adults soon learn about the community around them, the real world is usually much more complicated with all kinds of shades of meaning and definitions. This is true
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Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist at the University of Oxford, is famous for Dunbar’s number. He believes that people can maintain 150 relationships with other humans, a measurement of the cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships. “When people add more than 150 friends on Facebook,
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The documentary film 50 year old FRESHMAN: Suzanne Heim-Bowen will be shown at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California on September 21st. Director, producer and star will be in attendance to explain the production and story lines. Deborah J. McDonald, Director and Producer of the feature
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Imagine being born without arms or legs. Imagine driving a car without arms or legs. Imagine making your own food without arms or legs. Imagine completing an open water swim without arms or legs. If so, you have envisioned a incredible man called Craig Dietz. Dietz will come to Southern California to give the keynote
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