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Rob Woodhouse, an Olympic swimmer and CEO of Swimming Australia, is one channel crossing from achieving the Oceans Seven. He talks about his journey.
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Rob Woodhouse, an Olympic swimmer and CEO of Swimming Australia, is one channel crossing from achieving the Oceans Seven. He talks about his journey.
Gráinne Moss needs one more channel in northern Japan to achieve the Oceans Seven. Her 4-decade career is a fascinating lesson in passion, diligence, determination, humility, and gratitude
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Marcia Cleveland (61, USA, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, @marciac944) has done it all in the open water swimming world: Achievement of the Oceans Seven With her May 20th crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar, she has now achieved the Oceans Seven – as the oldest person – male or female – to do so.
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Everything looked good for Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo (53, Peru, MSF bio here, @eduardo_collazos_) as he set off from Aomori and headed towards Hokkaido on the seventh leg of his Oceans Seven. With his support team of Luiggi Fujioka, brother Daniel Collazos, wife Rocío Gómez, and coach Nora Toledano looking on, the conditions were right for Collazos’ 19.5
Nothing Great Is Easy, Peru’s Eduardo Collazos Completes The Oceans Seven Read More »
When Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo of Lima (53, Peru, MSF bio here, @eduardo_collazos_) jumps from his escort boat in the darkness to start on his final Oceans Seven channel across the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan, he will be joined by Steve Walker (57, USA, MSF bio here). Today was the first day of
Where Crazy People Swim – The Final Oceans Seven Chapter of Steve Walker Read More »
Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo of Lima (53, Peru, MSF bio here, @eduardo_collazos_) and his support team of Luiggi Fujioka, brother Daniel Collazos, wife Rocío Gómez, and coach Nora Toledano are now staging in Aomori City for their upcoming attempt of the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel from Aomori to Hokkaido in northern Japan. The conditions look good for a Friday attempt with low winds,
Summer of Oceans Seven Starts with Peru’s Eduardo Collazos Read More »
Bengisu Acvi of Turkey is among the open water swimming community who has given a TED Talk.
Bengisu Acvi Joins Open Water Luminaries Giving TED Talks Read More »
Together in a tandem swim with Sayani Das (26, India, MSF bio here), Ryan Utsumi (46, USA, MSF bio here) completed a crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar in 3 hours 51 minutes on April 18th. With this 14.4 km crossing from Spain to Morocco, Das swam to within one channel of completing the Oceans
Rob Woodhouse, an Olympic swimmer and CEO of Swimming Australia, is one channel crossing from achieving the Oceans Seven.
So Much More To Swimming Beyond The Black Line With Rob Woodhouse Read More »