Category: Open Water
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Swim To Africa – 2016 Documentary trailer
6 swimmers from around the globe attempt to swim from Europe to Africa. A world champion swimmer, a CEO, a cancer patient, a heart attack survivor, an Olympian and a college professor whose lifelong dream has always been to swim the Strait of Gibraltar. Jetlagged, exhausted and somewhat underprepared, we follow the stories of these…
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Reya Reports: Olympic-hopeful Jack Burnell signs up for Swim Serpentine
Olympic-hopeful Jack Burnell has signed up to join one of London’s newest open water festivals. Hyde Park’s two-day Swim Serpentine is set to take place from 24-25 September 2016 – A month after the 22 year old is due to compete in Rio.
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Jack Burnell Gives Swimming Training Advice
GB’s top British open water swimmer, Jack has qualified for The Rio Olympics in the 10k Marathon Swimming. Frequent top 3 finisher in Fina World Cup events. Jack gave Chillswim an interview on training advice for open water swimmers when training in a pool.
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Swimming tips with Pete Jacobs
Checking my stroke and offering some technique tips to think about. Swimming in my Endless Pool, practicing in a new blueseventy wetsuit. This Helix is the same as 2015, but with slightly shorter legs for an easier/quicker transition, and also with some custom printing. There’s lot’s of different ways to swim, but here is my…
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Solo swimmer Mike Gregory completes epic 60km swim from Geelong to Brighton
A determined solo swimmer dubbed “the tractor†has completed an epic 60km swim from Geelong to Brighton. Mike Gregory and two other swimmers set off from the sea baths in Corio Bay on Friday afternoon, but only Mr Gregory made the distance, stepping ashore in Brighton yesterday afternoon after 22 hours and 35 minutes in…
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Why a place to swim and relax along Hong Kong’s iconic harbour isn’t such a bad idea
It’s verging on criminal to allow a public asset as glorious as Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour to be used for little more than water traffic. Harbourside plans have been much talked about and an authority to oversee development has been proposed, but it could yet be years before any of its ideas come to fruition.…
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Australian swimmer Tori Gorman talks about Croatia swimming holiday
Tori Gorman and her friend Nicky came to our swimming holiday trip to Croatia. Tori is an accomplished marathon swimmer having completed The Triple Crown challenge – The English Channel, Catalina and Manhattan Island Marathons and more. have a look what she thinks about swimming Croatian islands. You can see more about this holiday at:…
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Bantham Swoosh Outdoor Swimming Society
The OSS Bantham Swoosh is on 2nd July 2016. It’s a 6km swim in a sandy bottomed estuary in Devon, culminating in a “swoosh” as the ebbing tide is funelled through a narrow section of river, speeding you along over the riverbed at up to four times your usual swimming speed. See outdoorswimmingsociety.com