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Back in the day before contemporary technological advances were utilized, Brian Meharg navigated swimmers across the North Channel with pen and paper, an era of trial and error as captains, navigators and swimmers were learning the idiosyncrasies of tidal flows and currents in the North Channel. Brian Meharg Shares His Perspectives On North Channel Crossings […]
Stephen Sets Swimming Standard Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Newport, Vermont, USA and Magog, Québec, Canada. Stephen Rouch continues to impress and extend his remarkable marathon swimming career. The 39-year-old from Indiana started on the shores of Newport, Vermont, USA at 11 am on August 22nd in an attempt to become the first man
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CALM Swimmer Achieves Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. Lauren Au Brinkmeyer recommends channel swimmers to “train in all type of conditions. [My training] swims that were extremely choppy or windy ended up being my best workouts.” A member of the Dolphin Club in San Francisco
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John Derr At 50, 60, 70 And Beyond Courtesy of Sandy Pickering Drake, Maui Channel from Lanai to Maui, State of Hawaii. John Derr wrote the most inspirational application to Maui Channel Swim director Ian Emberson on July 9th 2019. The 48th Maui Channel Swim (Bob Roper Memorial Swim) is a 15.2 km channel crossing
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Remembering Bob Photo courtesy of Bruce Frager. Information courtesy of Ian Emberson, Maui Channel from Lanai to Maui, State of Hawaii. Yesterday among 12 tiger sharks and cross currents, Eney Jones captained an all-star, all-female team of Michelle Mehnert, Olympian Stephanie Horner, Devon Clifford, Olympian Ashley Twichell and Becca Mann at the 48th Maui Channel
Antonio Argüelles On TEDx Antonio Argüelles recently completed a 24 hour 17 minute two-way 64.6 km crossing of the Catalina Channel and also has the Oceans Seven and Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in his rearview mirror. He spoke about fear and his marathon swimming career at TEDxHumboldtMexicoCity in 2017. Copyright © 2008 –
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Prabhat Raju Koli Wins Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award Courtesy of Sally Minty-Gravett, M.B.E., Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India. Over the last 5 years, Prabhat Raju Koli has swum across channels and completed marathon swims in his native India, England, South Africa, Denmark, Japan, Scotland, Spain, California, Hawaii, and New York. As a result, he
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Waikiki Roughwater Swim Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary Photo of Alex Kostich courtesy of Paul Towers at the Hilton Hawaiian Hotel Channel, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii. The 50th Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim will be held in Waikiki Beach in Honolulu on September 2nd. The 2.4-mile race will see several Olympians and world-class swimmers from Team USA
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Elizabeth Almond’s Epic Summer: Around The World In 84 days Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. 46-year-old Elizabeth Almond from Georgia completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in 84 days, the 7th fastest period to complete a crossing of the English Channel, a crossing of the Catalina Channel, and a circumnavigation swim around Manhattan
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The La Jolla Cove “Hole” Rescue Courtesy of Dan Simonelli, La Jolla Cove, California, USA. Early on the morning of January 10th 2019, Dan Simonelli was at La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California, coaching a school open water swim team. At 7 am, there were only a few people around, a time well before
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