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Courtesy of Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games, Mission Beach, San Diego, California. The Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games San Diego 2019 organizers announced, “San Diego is at the epicenter of beach, surf and extreme sports culture. The ANOC World Beach Games will blend the beach, active lifestyles and urban […]
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Tokyo’s Warm Water Continues To Lead To Changes Courtesy of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. With the water temperature expected to be as high as the lower 30s°C under blistering warm air temperatures and high humidity levels during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games marathon swim in Odaiba Marine Park, far forward thinking national team coaches around
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nuala Moore is now developing courses to teach about the risks and challenges of the ice swimming world. The purpose is to educate and train swimmers and teams by increasing their curiosity onto the risks. She will offer her next course on January 12th 2019. “We are embarking on
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What Did Ben Lecomte Do For 160 Days In The Pacific? Courtesy of Ben Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte attempted a transpacific solo stage swim from Choshi, Japan, starting on June 5th to San Francisco, California across the Pacific Ocean. En route on the Seeker via modern technology, Lecomte gave a speech about what he
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Thomas Pembroke Achieves The Oceans Seven Courtesy of WOWSA, Cook Strait, New Zealand. It is done. Over the last five years, Thomas Pembroke has been determined to swim across channels around the world while helping to raise money for a variety of worthwhile causes. Pembroke became the second Australian, the 13th person in history, and
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Courtesy of Nora Toledano Cadena and Jorge Obregón, Mexico. The top open water swimming events in Mexico during 2019 include the following events as compiled by Nora Toledano Cadena and Jorge Obregón are listed below. The races stretch from north to south, from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and many places between. Ocean
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Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. Larissa Lino Morato Campos from the city of Pará de Minas in the State of Minas Gerais became the youngest swimmer to complete the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal. Larissa Morato registered her attempt in December 2017 and has been training ever since to
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Can’t Wait To Read Blind Vision Courtesy of Alasdair McCulloch. James Pittar, an icon in the open water swimming world, will release his autobiography called Blind Vision in April 2019. Pittar is an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, a celebrated Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming member, a member of the Rottnest
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Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Willoughby, Newport, Vermont. Pam Ladds of Newport, Vermont and Julie Zeitlinger of Sutton, Canada [shown on left] completed a Swim The Chillies in Lake Willoughby on December 15th. Phil White said, “I brought an ax just in case. But, the water is open and they swam with the ducks. In
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Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. After 30 years without swimming, 48-year-old Henrique Martins Santos returned to the water and did some hard training. His reward? A successful Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in a fast 8 hours 17 minutes along the beautiful Rio de Janeiro coastline. His swim began
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