FKD – Farthest Known Distance
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. FKD – Farthest Known Distance FKC – Fastest Known Crossing Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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WOWSA Winners
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year 2008 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Randy Nutt of the USA 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Marcos Diaz of the Dominican
Just Let Me Lie Down
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How Do You Start Your Swim?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Are you all-in and dive into the pool? Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Borut Strel
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Ger Kennedy, Barry O’Connor Talk Ice Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ger Kennedy and Barry O’Connor, two Irish ice swimmers, talk about ice swimming during the 2016 Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swims
39th 16 km Faros Maratón, we REALLY do not understand why some open water swimming referees do not give red cards. At the end of the Faros Maratón in Croatia, Head referee Milovoj Mirasavac judged that both Vlodymer Voronko of Ukraine and Xavier Desharnais of Canada tied. SuperSport of South Africa covered the controversy over
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Channel Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Got it. There are still swimmers or relays who swim in various bodies (e.g., Catalina Channel), but they are not looking for official sanctioning or even observers. Some of them are trying to raise money for local charities and they see the sanctioning fee as cutting into their donation
Official Photos
1 2 3 4 5 5a 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Images produced by Chris Lundie of Take It Live Productions. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Making A Rescue Is A Miracle
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. My son a Skyler Munatones did life-saving CPR on me until Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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