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A Rich Concept: The Ancient Seven Seas Courtesy of David Rich and Lewis Pugh, Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. What started as a one-on-one dinner conversation at the WOWSA Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club in San Francisco last year gradually perculated and formulated its way to a new marathon swimming challenge called The […]
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Ski Portillo in The Andes of Chile. Irish ice swimmer and event organizer Ger Kennedy training in an ice bath. Altitude Ice Mile Will Complete Ice Sevens For Ger Kennedy Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Portillo, Chile. Ger Kennedy often demonstrates the very essence of grit. His next challenge will require all the grit that he
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Dr Andrew Davis Looks Forward Across The Maui Channel Courtesy of WOWSA, Lanai and Maui, Hawaii. Andrew Davis from the Tattersalls Club and Cronulla Surf Lifesaving Club in Sydney, Australia completed a solo crossing of the Maui Channel on September 16th. Hundreds of swimmers from around the world have swum freestyle across the 14.1 km
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Ziggy And Canine Swimmers Around The Open Water World Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Laguna Beach, California. Ziggy (@ziggythefrenchbully), an emerging canine swimmer from Laguna Beach, California, had a comprehensive ocean swimming workout with coach Lexie Kelly. “We first did some dryland exercises (fetch) with Ziggy on the dry sand, then his owner Nadim Zoghbi started
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The Colors Of Catalina Crossings Courtesy of Swim Long Beach, Catalina Channel, California. A guarantee during a Catalina Channel crossing is seeing a wide spectrum of colors. The colors of the sky and the water ranges from light blues in the middle of the day to a mixture of oranges, reds, purples, dark blues and
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Travesía Interminable By Antonio Argüelles Courtesy of WOWSA, Mexico City. Travesía Interminable, translated as The Forever Swim in English, is a book written by Antonio Argüelles about his life and experiences as he achieved the Oceans Seven. The book is about to be published in Spanish. Steven Munatones says, “The book delves into the inner
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Teamwork Makes The Dream Work: Neptune & Poseidon Courtesy of Katie Rowe, Catalina Channel, California. Swim Long Beach will be cheering on two separate tandem relays tonight across the 32.3 km Catalina Channel in Southern California. Hank Wise explained their strategy, “A tandem relay is tricky because you have to pace, pace, pace instead of
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Channel Swimming With Aloha Courtesy of Dr. Steven Minaglia, Maui – Molokai – Lanai, Hawaii. The 3rd Annual ʻAu I Nā Mokupuni ʻEkolu Swim Challenge was held September 12th – 15th. Seven swimmers including Ryan Leong, Dr. Steven Minaglia, Stefan Reinke, Alex Webb, 16-year-old Skylar Webb, Joe Zemaitis, and John Zemaitis completed the 3-day, 3-interisland
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An Extraordinary Family Of Adventurers Courtesy of Lars Simonsen, Denmark. “I lost my house and my job…and I was on the street with my life and my children, 5 and 7 years old,” explains Lars Simonsen. But Simonsen and his wife Suzi Simonsen made two plans to get back on their feet: they made a
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Martin Hobbs Giving Smiles After 63 Days Courtesy of Martin Hobbs, Lake Malawi, Africa. South African Martin Hobbs completed a 596.6 km cross-border swim across Lake Malawi (aka Lake Nyasa) that lies on the borders of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania between February 20th and April 24th. His 63-day stage swim included 54 total days of
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