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: Emma Cummings LOCATION: Helensburgh. Argyll & Bute. Scotland. SWIMMING EXPERIENCES: BLDSA record holder for team relay of Loch Lomond. Chillswim relays Windermere. Coniston end to end. Great North swim. London triathlon. SWIMMING BACKGROUND: I came to swimming in my 30s due to a running injury and decided to compete in my first pool based […]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Prior to 1964, there were only two relay teams that successfully crossed the English Channel: the Rotherham Neptunus Swim Club that went from England to France in 11 hours 20 minutes in 1950 and the Folkestone Swim Club that went from France to England in 14 hours 57 minutes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ocean Recovery Alliance is hosting its global Plasticity Conference on June 24th. PLASTIC DOESN’T NEED TO BE A PROBLEM. THERE ARE SOLUTIONS OUT THERE BUT THEY NEED TO BE REPLICABLE, SCALEABLE AND PROFITABLE. PLASTIC – A WASTED OPPORTUNITY It’s versatile, it’s cheap, and it’s incredibly convenient. Yet despite being
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Masters swimming is about fitness, camaraderie, and fun, but there is an element of competition that many adult swimmers of all ages and abilities enjoy. U.S. Masters Swimming is holding its annual Spring National Championship in Santa Clara, California in early May. Because many open water swimmers compete in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Buzzards Bay is home to some amazing animals, and I want to do everything I can to help preserve their home,” says Colleen Hamilton, a Commonwealth Corporate Member at Buzzards Bay Coalition. “Since my birthday is pretty close to the Swim, I am asking friends and family to donate
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Courtesy of Gregory S. Rotole, D.D.S. of Huntington Beach, California. In the pool, the body dolphin – also known as the fifth stroke – is used off the turns in pool swimming for maximum speed and efficiency. Analogously, adaptation of the body dolphin to open water and distance events permits the swimming of the other
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you will be near Slovenia around 28th of June 2014 I invite you to my swim marathon in Slovenia. It will be unique one, because It will take place in river Krka. Place is named Kostanjevica na Krki (which means City Kostanjevica on river Krka). This is the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Yellow Sea is one of four seas named in English after common color terms — the others being the Black Sea, the Red Sea and the White Sea. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
When deadly jellyfish stings are a possibility in the open water, the creativity of open water swimmers starts to really flow. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Trailer courtesy of MacGillivray Freeman Films from the IMAX documentary Journey to the South Pacific.
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