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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Swimming Slowly Successfully Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Question of the Day: I am very interested in long distance swimming, but I swim slowly. Is swimming marathons or across the English Channel possible? Answer: Unequivocally yes. “Similar to most challenges, planning, preparation, training and experience are required – in abundance,” commented Steven Munatones. “Success […]
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Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. Within hours on June 5th on the far eastern coast of Japan, The Longest Swim will begin. Ben Lecomte will soon step off Ashikajima Beach in Choshi on the first day of his planned 6-8 month 8,721 km assisted stage swim to San Francisco, California. “I have read about
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Feminine Open Water Guidance, Influence, Coaching Courtesy of Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. [shown on left], author of Head Coaches of Women’s NCAA Division I Collegiate Teams and Head Coaches of Women’s NCAA Division III Collegiate Teams. Across the 50 states of the USA, there are 3,517 head coaches of women’s teams at 349 NCAA Division
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Photos of Lewis Pugh before his successful The Long Swim, a 49-day 560 km stage swim along the English Channel, courtesy of Kelvin Trautman. Why? Open water swimmers do channel swims, marathon swims, ice swims, ocean swims, stage swims, wild swims, and extreme aquatic adventures of all kinds and in all places. For non-swimmers, pool
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Courtesy of Antonio Argüelles, The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Look very closely at the mosaic above and you may see photos of the following individuals: Lewis Pugh – UK Swimming for Change Lewis is a maritime lawyer, an ocean advocate and a passionate endurance swimmer. He has an unparalleled list of firsts including the
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Courtesy of Red Bull Media House, Margate Beach, Great Britain. Ross Edgley completed his Great British Swim, an assisted stage swim around the coastlines of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. The unprecedented circumnavigation swim around Great Britain started on June 1st and ended on Margate where it started on November 18th 2018. From the start
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Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure By Ram Barkai Courtesy of Ram Barkai of International Ice Swimming Association in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Ram Barkai is the visionary behind 14 swimmers completing the Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim in Port Lockroy on November 23rd and in Mikkelsen Bay on November 25th in the Southern Ocean along the
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During the twelfth days of Christmas, the team sponsor sent to the hardest working swimmers… Twelve Eira Ice Swimmer Bags for your pod… Eleven different Hammer Head swim caps… Ten tubs of Ocean Grease… Nine days at the Cork Distance Week… Eight bags of AKUA Kelp Jerky… Seven bottles Safe Sea… Six packs of Equal
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Ross Edgley’s Great British Swim Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Courtesy of Red Bull Media House, Margate Beach, Great Britain. The year 2018 saw an incredible number of outstanding swims by outstanding swimmers guided by passionate volunteers and governed by experienced administrators and coaches all over the world. The athletes
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Island swims are solo, stage, competitive, relay or charity open water swims or swim vacations to, from, on, in, near or around islands in any open body of water. There are tens of thousands of island swims around the world. The World’s Top 100 Island Swims for 2019 include
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