The Synergy Between Surfers And Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Something For Everyone
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming offers something for everyone. First and foremost, people of all ages are able to participate and enjoy the sport. Some young ones start as early as 6 or 7 years old, and there are also amazing men and women in their 90’s still swimming. Both the
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Outstanding Hotels For Open Water Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Varne Ridge Channel Swim Park, owned by Evelyn and David Frantzeskou, in Folkestone, England is one. So is the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach on Oahu. These are two examples of outstanding hotels for open water swimmers where good food and fun as well as proximity to
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Ireland In Oregon, Turkey, New York, Hawaii
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ubiquitous Bill Ireland has his usual travel-filled schedule of open water swims this summer. The 56-year-old attorney has arguably participated in the greatest number of open water swims of any masters swimmer throughout his four-decade career. On July 16th, he will participate in the U.S. Masters Swimming 10 km
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Why Rachele Bruni Will Win 10K In Rio Olympics
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is nearly impossible to accurately predict the medalists in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games…but some athletes are ideally prepared to swim the race of their lives and capture gold. One of those athletes is a two-time Olympic veteran who came within 0.4
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Endurance Sport Practice as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Endurance Sport Practice as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter The typical clinical profile of sport-related AF or atrial flutter is a middle-aged man (in his forties or fifties) who has been involved in regular endurance sport practice since his youth (soccer, cycling, jogging, and swimming),
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Inequality In The Open Water – Part 2
The Disappearing Female Athlete commentary courtesy of Mallory Mead, Manhattan Beach, California. I recently won the women’s race at the Dwight Crum Pier to Pier Swim in Manhattan Beach, California. One of the largest and most competitive open water races in the US, there were almost 1,100 swimmers who stepped to the line that day.
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USC Students Face Off In Rio
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Skip to Navigation Skip to Content LOGIN SIGN UP HOME BUSINESS REAL ESTATE NEWS EVENTS SPECIALS My Sunshine Coast USC student Chelsea Gubecka off to Rio Published: 8th of July 2016 Comments: 0 Sport and Fitness University & TAFE Social: AddThis Sharing Buttons1924 Chelsea Gubecka at the USC Pool
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Safe Harbor
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Safe Harbor Swimmers are often swimming “for the oceans” or participating in events to “save the oceans.” Their environmental awareness is passionate, but concrete actions seem to be less well-defined. What can and should an environmental-conscious swimmer do to help save the oceans? “There are so many things people
Daniel Takata To Be Olympic Swimming Commentator
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aquapreneurs Daniel Takata Gomes, Guilherme Freitas and Patrick Winkler of Brazil won the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year for The Swim Channel Magazine. Takata is a statistician, professor and reporter of pool and open water swimming. He has won three consecutive FINA Aquatics World Magazine
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