Category: Open Water
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Costa Brava team takes on the Windermere 2014 Big Chill Swim
A Mediterranean guy tries his first 5°C (41°F) swim. What can possibly go wrong? :-)
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2014 Noosa Summer Swim – Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series
“The Noosa Summer Swim is the latest addition to the Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series, including classic ocean swimming distances, 2km & 1km, along with a 300m Nippers Surf Dash.” http://youtu.be/_2LRXWEmZcs
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Video: Man Swimming Up Flooded Street In Cork
Because he can! :-P “Oliver Plunkett St in Cork is flooded after heavy rains and high winds across Ireland. This man decided to take a dip…”
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Polar Plunge and Strut
“Some brave and somewhat crazy souls took the Polar Plunge at Shawnee Mission Park to benefit Kansas Special Olympics. The swim wear was creative to say the least.” Polar Plunge and Strut from DHTV digital on Vimeo.
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Okimoto (BRA) and Allen (GBR) win inaugural 10km race in Viedma
Read fina.org The opening leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2014 saw Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto and British Thomas Allen take top honours in front of 7,000 spectators in Viedma, Argentina, on February 1. A total 59 competitors (27 women and 32 men) from 12 countries took the departure. In the 57km Grand…
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Dave Cornthwaite’s Expedition1000
“At the age of 25 Dave Cornthwaite left his job as a graphic designer and embarked upon an adventure that would take him all over the world, in all kinds of different ways. His Expedition1000 project is considered one of the most ambitious adventure projects of all time. Twenty-five different non-motorised journeys, each in excess…
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2014 Eagle Island State Park Penguin Plunge
“The 2014 Penguin Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics Idaho. This is one continuous take with a Nikon AW110 in my right hand. In previous years this was done in a portable swimming pool set up in Meridian. This year they moved it a few miles north to Eagle Island State Park, where they…
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Sunrise : Country kids have first ocean swim
“One charity, Bush to Beach, is taking kids from the outback to the coast for a rare opportunity to swim in the ocean.” http://youtu.be/kekaeZC4buQ
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Chloe McCardel sets world record for swimming 16 hours non-stop in Melbourne
Read ABC Australian marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel has set a world record swimming non-stop for 16 hours in a spa in Melbourne. It is a special moment for McCardel, who was forced to abandon a swim from Cuba to Florida last year when jellyfish stings left her in excruciating pain. “I’m not tired yet; I…