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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
When open water swimmers challenge themselves to swim from one island to another, or to swim across a channel or to traverse from point A to point B, they are exposing themselves to nature in ways that runners, cyclists, mountaineers or adventure racers can barely imagine. And sometimes, it hurts. Hurts badly. The swimmer wears […]
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Conditions do not always cooperate when open water swims are held. This places a huge amount of pressure on the race directors, safety personnel and volunteers. When rains, winds, waves, marine life, thunder and lightning invade the venue and corrupt the competition, open water swimming becomes roughwater swimming and swimmers face Mother Nature. But race
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For swimmers in ocean swims along coastlines from Australia to Florida, body surfing is an art that can separate themselves from their competitors if they catch a perfect wave at the finish. It is also a sport practiced by millions who enjoy the acceleration and power of riding a wave into shore. Body surfing is
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The inaugural 5.3 km Atlantic Dash, postponed for a week due to unsafe conditions, got off on misty and cold conditions with the water temperature between 12-12.5°C (53.6-54.5°F). “All swimmers were accompanied by paddlers with shark shields on their crafts,” explained race director Theodore Yach about the coastal swim from Clifton Fourth Beach to Three
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This is open water swimming at its most raw and extreme; with the highest level of risk and exposure to danger. There is no hiding, no exaggeration, no bluffing and no skirting the rules when swimming under the auspices of the International Ice Swimming Association. If one is going to be a member, the criteria
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Tom Shields, a former junior lifeguard and the record holder of the Huntington Beach Pier Swim, is on an upward trajectory. From swimming and body surfing in the Pacific Ocean in his native Huntington Beach, called Surf City USA, to dominating high school competition to being recently named the NCAA Swimmer of the Meet, Shields
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Television replays and archived videos of sporting events are the norm around the world. But online race replays of open water swims are just beginning … and animated replays are really cool to analyze and view in fast motion. The Tampa Bay Marathon Swim is at the forefront of providing the real-time positions of its
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This Australian man – this modern-day superhero – this inspirational human with such stature and strength leaves many speechless and geared up to get on with their lives. While Nick Vujicic has many motivational videos, we love the time he spent in Waikiki Beach on Oahu with another young heroine of the ocean environment, Bethany
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nuala Moore, an open water swimmer and a scuba instructor (teaching instructors) for over two decades, is today’s guest commentator. The Irish athlete talks about buoyancy in the open water and why some individuals float and some sink. Archimedes stated, “Any object wholly or partly immersed in a fluid
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The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming has already welcomed its first new member of 2012 with Jaime Caballero‘s Catalina Channel swim this April. Who else will join this esteemed group of open water swimmers? Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming club members are limited to those who complete crossings of the English Channel and
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