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Ted Erikson To Describe His Great Moves On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ted Erikson will appear on next week’s WOWSA Live series where he will describe his career in the English Channel, from the Farallon Islands, and in Lake Michigan including one of his most audacious moves, one of the […]
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First Generation Of Bangla Channel Swimmers On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Swim in warm, beautiful, unpredictable waters with friendly, hospitable hosts in a largely unchartered part of the world’s oceans. That is the message of Kshitindra Chandra Baisya, Mizanur Rahman, Fazlul Kabir Sina, Lipton Sarker, Salman Saeed, Kamal Anwar Babu,
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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Rosemary George from Dover, England mentioned her stylish eyewear that she used to wear on her English Channel crossings during today’s WOWSA Live interview with Ned Denison. O’Flanagan’s goggles was a brand of goggles patented by Father Michael O’Flanagan. The
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Rosemary George Talks Open Water Swimming History On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Rosemary George was not only an active open water swimmer in the 1950s and 1960s, but she was also an eyewitness and enabler of historic English Channel swims. The 81-year-old International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer
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Carlos Larriera Remembers Pro Marathon Racing On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Carlos Larriera helped organize the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda together with Werfill Castro, Dermidio Cabral López and Adolfo Marionias as well as competed in several professional marathon swims in South America, North America and Europe. In
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Swimming Cape Horn – Nuala Moore On Her Extreme Adventure Courtesy of Nuala Moore. Nuala Moore of Ireland is hosting a presentation via Zoom on her Journey to Cape Horn on Tuesday at 7:00 pm GMT. The link is here. Cape Horn is an island south of the southern tip of Chile, reaching into the
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The State of Female Opportunities In Sport In The U.S. Courtesy of Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Champion Women and the California Women’s Law Center. In contemporary times, women continue to be among the powerbrokers in the world of open water swimming. From setting records and making headlines to getting sponsors and organizing events, women continue to be
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In 1975 in Swimming World Magazine, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Dennis Matuch wrote a commentary about the prize money offered to athletes on the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation.
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When The Machine Dominated, A Look At The Pro Circuit In 1977 Courtesy of President Gilles Potvin, Vice President Claudio Plit, and Secretary Dennis Matuch, World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation. John Kinsella, whose nickname was The Machine, dominated the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation in the late 1970’s. In 1977, Kinsella finished the professional marathon
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Adopt A Coral For Father’s Day Courtesy of Moorea Coral Gardeners Association, Moorea, French Polynesia. 3 years ago, the Coral Gardeners Association were established by Titouan Bernicot and his teenage friends. Bernicot says “Coral reefs are the lungs of the oceans. Wherever we are on the planet, half of the oxygen we breathe comes from
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