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Vicki Keith of Canada felt it in lakes and the channels. So did Gail Rice of Florida around Key West. Julie Bradshaw of Great Britain also feels it on her marathon swims throughout the British Isles. As do Paolo Cerizzi of Italy, Dan Projansky of Chicago, Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros of Spain, and Brenton Williams of […]
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Ray Tsuchiyama wrote the history of swimming the channels in Hawaii with some interesting back stories about the Maui Channel, for the Maui News. He describes the first crossing by Jim Caldwell whose swim in 1970 set the stage for over other swimmers who have since crossed the 8.8-mile Maui Channel between the islands of
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The Daily Mail reported that Olympic 10km Marathon Swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of £500,000 from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor and Oral-B. With her bright smile, it is no wonder Oral-B is one of her sponsors. With British Gas’ support of British Swimming, it makes
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Emerging from Miromar Lakes after a tough 10 km national championship on Friday, Dan O’Connor and Ashley Twichell recovered just enough to win the Crippen Sunset Mile on Saturday night. The tribute to fallen superstar Fran Crippen, the Crippen Sunset Mile providing a cash prize, but was open to everyone who wanted to participate in
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David Heron, a high school junior from Mission Viejo (shown in the middle of his teammates including Janardan Burns on right), pulled off a dramatic victory in the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship 5 km race. Heron played his cards right as he stuck in the lead pack throughout the race until he
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Another race in the Miromar Lakes proved another demonstration of the strength, high navigational IQ and the increasing confidence of Ashley Twichell. The recent Duke University graduate who moved to the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Southern California specifically to train for the Olympics won another USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Championship today in the 5
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Like thousands of new swims around the world that attract pioneering open water swimmers, a handful of hardy open water swimmers are heading to Jeffreys Bay in South Africa for the first time. Jeffreys Bay, home of Supertubes, one of the best surf breaks in the world, is the venue for 20 swimmers who will
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Live like you love the ocean is easy for open water swimmers to do. Open water swimmers love the smell of the ocean air, the sound of the sea breeze and the feel of the sand between their toes. They live for that feeling of stretching out as they head out beyond the shore and
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With open bodies of water ubiquitous in the lives of swimmers and mobile communications a modern-day convenience bordering on a necessity, the convergence of those two elements is never a good thing. “OH NO!” is the first reaction once your phone falls in the water. Well now that shocked reaction can change to a smile.
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…My heart is pumping furiously, adrenalin surging through my body, as I stand on the edge of the boat. I grab onto the handrail as the boat rocks side to side… …from the very moment I jump in the ocean, or witness the person I love jump in the ocean, I surrender. I surrender to
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