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Hank Wise On His Catalina Channel Crossings Courtesy of The Long Beach Century Club, Long Beach, California. 2-time Guinness World Record holder Hank Wise spoke to The Long Beach Century Club members about his Catalina Channel crossings. He started off his speech by talking about mentor and fellow Catalina Channel swimmer Jen Schumacher. Long Beach […]
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Los Cabo Open Water Acuarium By Mariel Hawley Courtesy of Mariel Hawley, Baja California, Mexico. On October 19th,
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The Great Relay West Coast Courtesy of the Trident Swim Foundation, Los Angeles, California. There are 5 km team trial relays held at the FINA World Championships around the world. But there are few team trial relays like the Great Relays held in Los Angeles and New York. Unlike the FINA relays where 4 swimmers
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Nejib Belhedi, the Father of Ouma in his native Tunisia, came back from heart surgery at the age of 66 to swim 76 hours 30 minutes along the coast of Tunisia in a 120 km sea swim between September 15th-18th 2018. It was the longest sea swim
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Like Dad, Like Daughter Across The Catalina Channel Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. In 1979, Michael Miller crossed the 42 km Molokai Channel in a tandem swim with Ian Emberson. Since then, the former collegiate swimmer has crossed the Catalina Channel twice, the English Channel twice, the Maui Channel several times,
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Ger Kennedy Achieves Ice Sevens Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Portillo, Chile. Ger Kennedy knew his last Ice Mile was going to be difficult – but he was physically, psychologically, logistically and emotionally prepared for the challenge. His ultimate goal was to become the first man and second person after Jaimie Monahan to achieve the Ice
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Carmel Collins Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Carmel Collins of Ireland was honored by Guinness World Records for the Longest Distance Ice Swim by a Female at the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach, California. Collins swam a total distance of 3.3 km or 2.05
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Rostislav Vítek, Magda Okurková Honored By Guinness World Records Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Ram Barkai, the founder of the International Ice Swimming Association was present at the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach, California to accept Guinness World Record certificates on behalf of two ice swimming luminaries, Rostislav Vítek and
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Alex Fong, Mary Kwoh Win Clean Half In Hong Kong Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, Hong Kong. Alex Fong Lik Sun and Mary Dick Yuen Kwoh won the 13th annual 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong. Race director Doug Woodring said, “It was a stellar day –
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Team Canada Becomes Second DNS At World Beach Games Courtesy of Swim Canada, Doha, Qatar. Due to extreme water temperatures in Doha, Qatar, Team Canada has decided not to allow Canadian swimmers Raben Dommann, Eric Hedlin [shown above], Chantel Jeffrey and Kate Sanderson to compete in the 5 km ANOC World Beach Games races. Ahead
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