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#TheCureIsOutThere With A Long Swim Courtesy of Douglas McConnell, Barrington, Illinois. A Long Swim will be held from Northwestern to Northwestern on September 13th. Douglas McConnell explains, “We will start up at the Evanston campus at 7:30 in the morning, and swim south to the Medical School campus near Navy Pier. It will be 13 […]
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What Did Ben Lecomte Do For 160 Days In The Pacific? Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte attempted a transpacific solo stage swim from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco, California across the Pacific Ocean. En route before The Swim was aborted due to safety concerns and a damaged escort boat mast, Lecomte gave
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Baltic of Kaniksu Expanding His Open Water Horizons Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Hastings is an accomplished white water kayaker, a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, and a biological science technician for the Army Corps of Engineers in the state of Washington. He is also an experienced mountaineer, but his speciality is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Open Water Swimming Association offers a series of Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History. There have been many great races and upsets during Olympic swimming history including those in the pool by Mike Burton (USA), Sylvia Poll (Costa Rica), Anthony Nesty (Suriname), Doug Russell (USA), Sandy
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Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History – Cold Around Atlantic City Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Open Water Swimming Association offers a series of Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History. While many great moves in open water swimming history requires speed, strength and stamina by some of the greatest swimmers
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Petar Stoychev and Vicky Kouveli won the 2020 Authentic Marathon Swim in Greece – and the 2021 edition will be held on July 2th-4th
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Poseidon’s Blessing With Kirby Drawbaugh, A Lesson In Living Courtesy of Bethanie Mitchell, Seattle, Washington. Bethanie Mitchell produced Poseidon’s Blessing about 82-year-old Kirby Drawbaugh. Mitchell describes her documentary on Drawbaught. “Kirby is a lifelong athlete and an ambitious open water swimmer. He continues to set goals, such as swimming the English Channel as part of
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In order to preserve decades of marathon swimming history, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dale Petranech maintained a huge stack of type-written pages from Joe Grossman for over three decades. “Grossman was a public information officer and was recognized as
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Nathalie Luisa Sets Jersey To France Record In 5 Hours 29 Minutes Courtesy of Adam Walker, Jersey to France. Nathalie Luisa of Germany set a new record of 5 hours 29 minutes from Jersey to the shores of France today with escort pilot Matthew Clarke, observer Sam Pipon, and crew Adam Walker. Copyright © 2008
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Kevin (father), Darcie (mother), Vera (older sister), and Margaret (younger sister) Rivard are the First Family of open water swimming in the Northeast of the United States. The family plans, trains, kayaks, travels, and does open water swimming like few other families. Everyone has a specific role. They
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