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Brian Keenan On His Father Ted Keenan On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Brian Keenan (also known as Robbo) is the son of Irish swimmer Ted Keenan, a International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee. Brian trained with his famed father and was on his escort boats during his marathon crossings […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Seal Beach, California. Mack’s Ear Dryer is battery-driver handheld device that dries ears naturally with warm, soothing air after swimming. “Drying your ears after you get out of the water is critical, especially if there is a possibility of swimming through slightly polluted water or there is any urban runoff in your
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan. In October 1994, Steven Munatones attempted and completed a solo 29 km circumnavigation of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost part of Japan in Okinawa – only 110 km from Taiwan. But he was not alone in pioneering this circumnavigation swim. The silver bodies of hundreds of hammerhead sharks circled
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Jamal Hill On Swimming Up Hill Towards Success On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Jamal Hill is one of the most interesting, inspirational, and introspective professional swimmers who I have ever meet,” says Steven Munatones who interviewed him for WOWSA Live. Guided by healer and swim coach Wilma Wong of Golden
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Michael and Mackenzie Miller Talk Channel Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Miller and his daughter Mackenzie Miller both crossed the Molokai Channel 30 years apart – using the same simple strategy: Walk in, swim across, walk out. Michael, the transplanted Ohioan, found himself on Oahu after hitchhiking his
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The Domestic Opportunities And International Career Of Rostislav Vítek Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. “I always scratch my head when administrators do not try everything possible to help swimmers race, especially when those swimmers represent their country in international competitions,” mused Steven Munatones. “The recent case faced by Rostislav Vítek is another example.”
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Thomas Lurz Explains Christmas Day Training On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Two-time Olympic medalist (2008 and 2012) and multiple world champion Thomas Lurz was not the most physically gifted athlete among the top echelon of professional marathon swimmers, but he may very well been the hardest workers. The 40-year-old German
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Swimming Eco Friendly With Adam Walker And Zoggs Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Adam Walker launched his own swimwear line with Zoggs that is made from recycled plastic from the oceans as well as the first Ocean Walker Zoggs Predator Flex Glow-in-the-Dark Goggles. He explains, “The save the whales design has been hand
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Courtesy of Wave Of Change Malta. Slowly but surely, Neil Agius is swimming further and further. After representing his country of Malta in the 400m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Agius completed a 38 km circumnavigation swim around Gozo in 10 hours in 2010. In 2018, he completed a 70 km circumnavigation swim
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Ioannis Kifonidis For Swimzi Courtesy of Ioannis Kifonidis, Swimzi Greek open water swimmer Ioannis Kifonidis promotes face masks by Swimmers United by Swimzi that come in various colors and national flags. For more information, visit here or makesportsbetter.com. Copyright © 2008 – 2020 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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