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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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Kamil Resa Alsaran Continues To Impress Courtesy of Emre Deliveli. Kamil Resa Alsaran completed 2 separate crossings of the English Channel at the ages of 51 and 54 including a tough 18 hour 1 minute crossing in 2015. After his English Channel crossings, he went on to complete a 5 hour 10 minute crossing of
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Alex Kostich Talks About His Passions On WOWSA Live Photo by SBR, Inc. Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Alex Kostich is one of the most prolific open water swimmers in America who set world records around Bora Bora and Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean. The 50-year-old former collegiate swimmer at Stanford University
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When Three Generations Swam From Asia To Europe Photo of Jon, Trent, Debby, and Blake Erikson courtesy of Ted Erikson. The father-and-son duo of Ted and Jon Erikson inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame brought the next generation of Erikson’s into the open water swimming arena. Ted (at the age of 81)
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Victorious Vegans And Vegetarians Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Vegetarians like Vasanti Niemz (2 English Channel crossings + 9 International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen), Karteek Clarke (11 English Channel crossings) and Vedika Bolliger (5 English Channel crossings) are experienced open water swimmers who have swum around the world, eating differently than most of their marathon swimming
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Albert Coward Describes Swimming In Golfo di Napoli On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Albert Coward spoke about his career swimming around and in the islands of the Gulf of Naples (Golfo di Napoli) in Italy on today’s WOWSA Live series. The 80-year-old
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Martin + Borut Strel Talk Guitars, Goggles, Gigabytes On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Martin Strel and his son Borut Strel talked about their adventures around the world with Ned Denison and Steven Munatones on today’s WOWSA Live program. The 66-year-old role model
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Swimmers Have Their Cake And Eat It Too Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Donuts continue to be a post-swim treat in Southern California in the same way cake is an open water swimming favorite in the UK. From the Slow Swimming events to the Sandycove Friday Cake Mornings, cake is a great post-swim
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Chris Morgan On Coaching In The Post-lockdown COVID-19 Era On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Chris Morgan, head coach of the Gator Swim Club and the 2008 Swiss Olympic swim team, discussed coaching his teenage athletes both in the pool and open water during the post-lockdown COVID-19 era on the 12
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