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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aleksander Brylin of Russia was one of the inaugural honorees of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. It was no surprise that Brylin was recognized as an Honor Swimmer by the organization founded by Ned Denison and Paolo Chiarino, Elaine Howley, Pádraig Mallon, Leszek Naziemiec, Kieron Palframan, Shelley Taylor-Smith, […]
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Courtesy of Michael Teys, Sydney, Australia. The inaugural Australian Channel Swimmer’s Dinner was held on November 17th at the MUA/ITF Conference Center in Sydney. Michael Teys hosted the event. “We celebrated Australian long distance swimmers and their crew. We recognized this year’s Oceans Seven swimmer and Triple Crown of Open Water Swimmers while paying tribute
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Courtesy of Rich Roll, California. After he cracked up and entertained with his humor and humility the Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, Ross Edgley headed off to an interview with famed podcaster Rich Roll. Roll was impressed with Edgley’s unprecedented 157-day, 209-stage 2,884 km assisted stage swim around Great
When Three Became One Courtesy of Pierre Otis, Magog, Québec, Canada. Annie Grandisson from Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada completed eight 32 km Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean races and three 42 km Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog races between 1987 and 1995. Grandisson competed in the era when three professional marathon swimming governing bodies came together
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Courtesy of Pat Goding, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Members of the Waikiki Swim Club randomly swam into Ben Lecomte off the Oahu coastline in Waikiki Beach this morning. Pat Goding reported, “After two typhoon setbacks during The Swim [his transpacific stage swim across the Pacific Ocean that was aborted due to safety reasons after 160
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Río Coronda, Argentina. Over the decades, there have been innumerable number of great moves in open water swimming races. This is another part of the Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History series. France’s Stéphane Lecat loved the 57 km professional marathon swimming competition called the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe –
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Courtesy of Hudson Brothers. The Lumbering Merman is the youngest Hudson brother Jack Hudson. He authored Swim Wild. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Drone footage courtesy of Stéphane Debuire, Stefvidéo from Quiberon to Belle-Île, France. Stéphane Lecat, Directeur de L’Eau libre, Fédération Française de Natation (Open Water Swimming Director, French Swimming Federation), managed an open water swimming team-building challenge in 2018 with 16 employees of the WYZ Group of Compiègne in the north of Paris, France. The WYZ
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Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. Ice swimming was formalized and defined by the International Ice Swimming Association in 2009 as open water swimming done without a wetsuit or any form or neoprene in water held in water 5°C or less. The extreme niche sport – popularized by Ram Barkai and his
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Tahiti and Mo’orea. Staying at the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Hotel on Mo’orea before the 2 km, 5 km or 10 km ocean swims at the Tahiti Swimming Experience was an incredible experience. The food was excellent as can be expected at a 5-star hotel. The service and friendliness of the staff was
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