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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmers Philip Rush have enjoyed one of the most remarkable careers in the open water. Rush spoke with Ned Denison and Steven Munatones on today’s WOWSA Live program. * getting things right for his famed 3-way English Channel crossing* remembering his […]
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Dr. Otto Thaning and Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE talk about longevity with Ned Denison and Steven Munatones on WOWSA Live.
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Swimming Silently Below Courtesy of Eric Mailander, New Brighton State Beach, Aptos, Monterey Bay, California.
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Triathlon Freestyle Simplified: Swim Stronger, Better, Faster Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rob Sleamaker of VASA has been extremely useful for swimmers and triathletes trapped during the COVID-19 pandemic. The founder and CEO of VASA was overwhelmed with orders and interest in his swimming-specific Vasa Ergometers at a time when many pools and shorelines
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmers Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE and cardiologist Dr. Otto Thaning have both enjoyed long and illustrious careers in the open water. Minty-Gravett aims to swim across the English Channel six separate times over six consecutive decades next year, where Dr. Thaning has
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Christopher Green has a long and illustrious career in the open water. Named one of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men, he has swum in Hawaii and South Africa as well as all over Great Britain and Europe.
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Water Angels Complete Tsugaru Channel Relay Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. On July 24th, the Water Angels completed a 6-person relay across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 13 hours 48 minutes. The Ocean Navi relay members included Ikumi Ito, Takako Uchikuira, Ruriko Tani, Toshinori Hazama,
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Takaomi Modegi, Kumiko Koizumi, Yukie Makino Complete Tsugaru Crossing Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Team Tonatsu (or チーム都夏 in Japanese) completed a 3-person relay across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan on July 13th in 10 hours 40 minutes. The Ocean Navi relay members included Takaomi Modegi,
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Courtesy of The Catalina Islander. In mid-January 1927, 153 swimmers were entered in the 21-mile Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim from Isthmus Bay on Santa Catalina Island to San Pedro, California. The US$40,000 prize money had nearly everything to do in attracting the elite and the adventurous to the 12-15°C mid-winter water were from Southern California.
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Pauline Jackson was a trailblazing black open water swimmer from New York who broke barriers in the 1920’s and 1930’s
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