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Courtesy of Oscar Rubio, Open Water World Tour, Alameda, California. The last event of the OWWT, the Crown Beach Swim Race took place on August 11, 2018 at Robert W. Crown Memorial Beach in Alameda, CA. Twenty eight swimmers each competed in one of three distances, 0.5 miles, 1.2 miles, and 2.4 miles. Conditions were […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Day 1 – June 6th Start Position: 35.43.220N 140.52.208E Finish Position: 035° 45.288N 141° 03.758E Swim Time: 6 hours 4 minutes Swim Distance: 10.08 nautical miles Wind Speed: 13 knots Wave Height: 1 meter Water Temperature: 21°C Weather Conditions: Sunny Reasons To Stop: Ben feeling cold Comments: First Day.
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Courtesy of Quinn Fitzgerald, Olympic Club, California. The 2018 Trans Tahoe Relay Awards will take place at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. The inaugural event is held after the WOWSA Talks and before the WOWSA Awards ceremony and dinner on November 10th. Three different awards will be presented to swimmers of the 10-mile
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mariachi is a style of music and musical group performance that dates back to at least 18th century in western Mexico. The distinctive instrumentation, musical genre, performance and singing styles, and clothing is festive, . Sea Donkey will kickoff the 2018 WOWSA Talks & WOWSA Awards on November 9th
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the headliners of the 2018 WOWSA Talks & WOWSA Awards on November 9th in San Francisco, California will be two-time Triple Crowner Antonio. The WOWSA Talks will continue on November 10th at The Olympic Club and will culminate in a group swim in San Francisco Bay at
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/david-gerrard-named-swimming-new-zealand-president/ Former Commonwealth Games Champion, New Zealand team Chef de Mission and world-renowned sports administrator Dr. David Gerrard (CNZM, OBE), was appointed Swimming New Zealand President. While his Gerrard won a gold medal at the 1966 Kingston Commonwealth Games in the men’s 220-yard butterfly and was a member of
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Courtesy of Guinness World Records Limited, Ice Sevens Challenge, Planet Earth. Jaimie Monahan is being recognized twice by the Guinness World Records Limited: Fastest time to complete an open water 10-km swimming marathon on each of the six continents Her 6 marathon swims were ratified by the Marathon Swimmers Federation and was accomplished within 16
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Week 20, courtesy of Great British Swim, Margate, UK. Ross Edgley is closing in on his goal for the Great British Swim after 133 days of stage swimming. At this time, it appears his unprecedented 3,218 km circumnavigation stage swim around Great Britain will be completed safely and as planned – more or less. Red
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