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Craig Lenning successfully crossed the Tsugaru Channel in 10 hours 44 minutes on his second try. The renowned Colorado marathon swimmer, in a land-locked state from any ocean, is now into serious play to achieve the Oceans Seven with 4 out of the 7 channels completed: North, English, Catalina and Tsugaru. With his ability to […]
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Forrest Nelson has had two very experiences in the Tsugaru Channel. Earlier this year in May, the multi-channel American swimmer (English, Catalina, Molokai Channel, Cook, Anacapa, Palilolo, San Clemente) faced brutally harsh conditions (winds and currents in 12°C water). Swimming together with Michelle Macy in the lumpy bumpy sea, neither of them finished. They returned
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Trent Grimsey has been a busy guy around the world this summer with 7 marathon swims schedule in 8 weeks. His culmination: an English Channel attempt coming up. Very Barraesque. As anyone who has attempted such a schedule knows, the swimming is tough, but so is the international travel between airports. Here is his schedule:
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Stephen Redmond is making the most of his hard-earned post-Oceans Seven fame. He is also giving back to the community that supported him and the sport which pushed him to his limit and taxed every physical, emotion and psychological part of his DNA. But while he becomes a beacon of inspiration, he also plans to
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Jamie Patrick is making it look easy. But his 68-mile swim around Lake Tahoe is based on decades of training. As an age-group swimmer, as a high school swimmer and as a college swimmer doing more than 10,000 meters a day, he has a solid aerobic foundation and excellent swimming skills that he built upon
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There will be a number of products, prototypes, services, equipment, and films that will be shown to the participants of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference. Among the many products for open water swimmers, Jolyn Swimwear, the hottest trending women’s swimwear in California, will showcase its product lines. The cut, the sizing, the combination of
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Swimmers of all ages and abilities are most definitely in good hands at the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, especially under the experienced eye of the local lifeguards. Procedures, policies and protocols that the lifeguards have in place to protect the millions of visitors to the beaches of Hawaii are used in the open water swims in
When Hell Breaks Loose, Call In The Lifeguards Read More »
Who are those serious-looking guys on the radios at events like triathlons, surf contests and ocean swims in Hawaii? Who can identify a distressed swimmer through binoculars with a sense of immediacy, professionalism and compassion? Who work on some of the roughest and most difficult oceanfronts in the world 12 months a year with an
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Swim Across America’s new event in Long Beach is a charity swim for the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. The money raised from this swim will help defray research costs and support the work done at the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute. A new pavilion will provide the best care and latest
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Jamie Patrick makes it a point that what he is attempting in Lake Tahoe tomorrow is not a marathon swim. But it is certainly an adventure. Starting at 6 am, surrounded by a team of marathon swimmers, endurance athletes, fitness fanatics and friends, Patrick will wrapped himself in neoprene and take off on a 68-mile
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