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Courtesy of Joely Bouckaert, Rottnest Channel Swim, Western Australia. The Rottnest Channel Swim is one of the world’s iconic ocean swims. At 19.7 km from Cottesloe Beach on the western Australian mainland to Thomson Bay on Rottnest Island solo and relay ocean swim is held in Western Australia every February. The event categories for competitors […]
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Courtesy of Dr. Seán O’Connell, Elbow Beach, Bermuda. In 2016, Lori King completed a 58.7 km swim around Bermuda in 21 hours 19 minutes, starting and finishing at Elbow Beach. Her swim was the first successful circumnavigation swim around Bermuda since Dr. Seán O’Connell pioneered the first Round Bermuda Swim in 1976. In 2017, Dr.
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Courtesy of Caixin, Taierzhuang, China. Founded in the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), developed in the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368), and prosperous in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644 to 1912) Dynasties in China, Taierzhuang is located in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Center, the last 3 km of the ancient canal of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in
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Courtesy of Scott Zornig, Swim Camp Mexico, Sea of Cortez. Scott Zornig is organizing the fourth Swim Camp Mexico in Baja California on the Sea of Cortez. Swim Camp Mexico IV will be held between March 13th – 17th 2019 at the Rancho Lenero Resort in Cabo Mexico. Zornig describes the camp, “If you like
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Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, The Longest Swim, Pacific Ocean. Paul Lecomte, the project manager for The Longest Swim, Ben Lecomte‘s transoceanic stage swim attempt across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to San Francisco reported from Oahu, “It’s been now a month that we touched land with Ben and the crew in Honolulu, Hawaii. It has
The Longest Swim’s Biggest Surprise: Plastic Everyday Everywhere In The Pacific Ocean Read More »
.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} Courtesy of Monterey Bay Whale Watch, Monterey Bay, California. A pacific white-sided dolphin and a northern right whale dolphin snout ride on a humpback whale cow and her calf in the Pacific Ocean. Copyright © 2019 by Sacramento Bee
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Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. Gene Grounds, an 82-year-old American open water swimmer from Honolulu, talks about swimming in Hawaii at last year’s Waikiki Roughwater Swim. Copyright © 2008-2019 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Newport Beach, California. Lexie Kelly has participated in professional, amateur, swim-run, marathon and hundreds of open water races throughout South Africa, Egypt, Japan, Macedonia, Croatia, Brazil, Turkey, Cayman Islands, Italy, England, Scotland, Spain, Argentina, Canada and all across America from Hawaii and California to Nevada and Florida. On behalf of a number
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Wonderful Wild Swimmers Of The Year Courtesy of Team Selkie, Queenford Lakes, UK. Courtesy of Dartmoor Swimmer, UK. Courtesy of Wild Welsh Swimmer, Wales. The Wild Swimming Brothers (including Jack Hudson, Calum Hudson and Robbie Hudson) announced their nominations for the Wild Swimmer of the Year 2018: Nominees for the 2018 Wild Swimmer of the
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Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Ocean City, New Jersey. The current U.S. federal government shutdown – now in its 19th day – centered around the funding for a wall between the United States and Mexico is gradually having ripple effects across myriad sectors of American society in addition to impacting federal services and individual paychecks. One
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