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Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association in Murmansk, Russia. The video above shows a mind-boggling 1000m heat at the International Ice Swimming Association-sanctioned Ice Swimming World Championship in Lake Semenovskoe in Murmansk, Russia on March 20th. Christof Wandratsch (Germany), Albert Sobirov (Russia), Henri Kaarma (Estonia), Craig Lenning (USA), and Sergio Daniel Salomone (Argentina) among others
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. First Algae-Based Surfboard Unveiled Built by UC San Diego and surfing company By: The Editors New SHARES Stephen Mayfield, an algae geneticist and biology professor at UC San Diego, teamed up with professional surfer Rob Machado and Marty Gilchrist of Oceanside, California–based Arctic Foam, the largest surfboard blank manufacturer
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today is the start of Environmental Physiology. Your Body In The World, a free online course offered by Professor Anne Friedlander of Stanford University. Professor Friedlander explains, “Want to climb mountains and fly fighter planes? Want to skydive? Want to travel around the country to meet science experts that
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Bruce Becker, M.D., M.S. received the 2011 John K Williams, Jr. Adaptive Aquatics Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. researches the effects of aquatic immersion and aquatic exercise/activity upon human physiology. He is director of the National Aquatics & Sports Medicine Institute at WSU Pullman, where he has been studying the biologic changes
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Charities who benefit from the Lee Swim Cork Lions Club Cork Lions Club has been involved with administration and fundraising from the Vibes and Scribes Lee swim since its re-introduction in July 2005. Much needed funds have been raised for local Charitable organisations such as a holiday in the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. waterman is an individual who is considered by his peers and the marine sports community to be well-adept, experienced and highly skilled in various marine sports. Watermen performed safely and courageously in myriad conditions, such as ocean swimming, paddling, kayaking, surfing, body surfing, boating, diving, surf lifesaving, lifeguarding, rowing,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For the race results, see here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the open water world, distances are measured from point to point along the straight line tangent. If the open water swim is held in a rectangular course, the course is measured from buoy to buoy along the straight line tangent. This necessarily means that open water swimmers swim
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