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Shelley Taylor-Smith On WOWSA Live

Shelley Taylor-Smith On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from December 2010) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), 7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith spoke with Steven Munatones on a variety of topics. Taylor-Smith had several incredible seasons on the professional circuit, but […]

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Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli – My First Pro Marathon Swim

Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli – My First Pro Marathon Swim Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Yuko Matsuzaki, the only Japanese Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, brings her Japanese perspective and humor to every open water swim she does. Yuko-san explained her first experience in a professional marathon swim

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Sally Minty-Gravett, Otto Thaning, Ned Denison Give Tribute To Varne Ridge On WOWSA Live

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE from Jersey, and Dr. Otto Thaning of Cape Town, South Africa recalled their time at the Varne Ridge Holiday Park in Folkestone, England. Owned and operated by Evelyn Frantzeskou and her husband David Frantzeskou who passed away

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Linda Kaiser And Mike Spalding On WOWSA Live

Linda Kaiser And Mike Spalding On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from September 2010) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Administrator Linda Kaiser and fellow channel swimmer from Maui Mike Spalding talk about channel swimming experiences in

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A Tough Tempestuous Traversée, Grande-Anse à Paspébiac

A Tough Tempestuous Traversée, Grande-Anse à Paspébiac Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. The Traversée Grande-Anse à Paspébiac was a briefly run professional marathon swim in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting in the Ville de Paspébiac in Québec, the course stretched 22.5 km between New Brunswick and Grande Anse in eastern Canada across the

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