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Ocean Navi’s Pool And Island Circumnavigations In Tokyo Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Tokyo, Japan. Before both the Tsugaru Channel and Sado Channel swimming seasons were cancelled this summer, Masayuki Moriya of Ocean Navi was busy training a lot of masters swimmers for solo and relay channel swims in northern Japan. Moriya also offers his Ocean […]
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All For One, One For All Across The Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Matt Miller, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. On July 20th 2018, Aleisha Riboldi of Australia, Lisa Batey of the USA, and Youri Lavoine of France completed a 3-person relay across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 18 hours 29 minutes.
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Thomas Pembroke Goes 5 For 7 At 29 Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. Over a five-year period, Thomas Pembroke of Australia traveled the world to complete the Oceans Seven while raising money for a variety of causes. Pembroke became the second Australian, the 13th person in history, and the youngest person to achieve the
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Core Strength Is Key In Marathon Swimming Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. Anthony McCarley was the first swimmer to document a marathon swim by the Marathon Swimmers Federation in 2014 with his unprecedented 11.3 km crossing of the Pillsbury Sound between St. John and St. Thomas in the Caribbean Sea. A motivational speaker and strategic
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Ned Denison Achieves The Circumnavigation Sevens Many Times Over Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairperson Ned Denison interviewed 50-year-old California ocean swimmer Alex Kostich on the June 18th edition of WOWSA Live. It was a fortuitous meeting of two prolific ocean swimmers and global circumnavigation swim specialists.
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Susan Simmons Talks Adventure On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Canadian Susan Simmons talked about dealing with her MS (Multiple sclerosis) and swimming in cold water on today’s WOWSA Live program. The 55-year-old former competitive pool swimmer made the transition to longer, colder marathon swims with a special focus on pioneering
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Conquer Your Fear of the Triathlon Swim Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ali Meeks is an open water swimmer, triathlon coach, and swim instructor from Decatur, Alabama who recently co-wrote a book called Conquer Your Fear of the Triathlon Swim together with Melon Dash from of Sarasota, Florida. She explains, “Our book was released
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Rohan More Talks About His Cold Water Adventures On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Rohan More trains in warm water in his native India and in Dubai, but he has traveled around the world and achieved the Oceans Seven along the way. He
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Retour sur la Traversée du détroit de Gibraltar 2019 Courtesy of Nicolas Knap. From the 1998 FINA World Championships and the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup to the Maratón Acuatíco Río Coronda, the Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná and Traversée internationale du lac Memphrémagog, Nicolas Knap has been traveling and swimming around the world. He talks about swimming
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A Talk About Ocean Carbon Cycles Courtesy of AltaSea, Port of Los Angeles, California. AltaSea is organized a Live Chat with Dr. Burke Hales on ocean carbon cycles on June 19th from 12 noon to 1 pm California time. Dr. Hales is a professor of ocean ecology and biogeochemistry at Oregon State University with degrees
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