Category: Open Water
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Sylvain Estadieu to swim butterfly across the English Channel
Sylvain Estadieu aka The Flying Frenchman, who soloed the English Channel in 2009 and before that swam a notorious Indidual Medley of Sandycove Island, will this September attempt to do the English Channel in butterfly only. Last week he managed a personal best 8-hour session of approximately 21.5K of butterfly. Why? He has some hilarious…
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SwimTrek: Open Water Swimming Holiday, Montenegro
Open water swimming holiday in Montenegro Riviera. Activity based travel swimming holidays & vacations with SwimTrek Adventure Holidays.
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Sean Conway to swim the entire length of Britain, from Land’s End to John O’Groats
Read Falmouth Packet and see his site Land’s End has been the iconic starting point for many length of Britain cyclists, walkers and drivers, but one endurance athlete will now attempt to set off on a 1,000 mile swim to John O’Groats. On the July 1, 32-year-old Sean Conway will attempt to become the first…
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Lewis Pugh to embark on 3-year Circumnavigation of Globe as UNEP Patron for Oceans
See UNEP News Centre Pioneer swimmer and ocean advocate Lewis Pugh was June 19th unveiled as the UN Environment Programme’s Patron for Oceans as he prepares to embark on an epic circumnavigation of the globe. Mr. Pugh, a maritime lawyer from London, is the only person to have completed a long distance swim in every…
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Hundreds brave cold for inaugural Dark MOFO nude swim
Read for instance Limelight, ABC, news.com.au and The Mercury Hundreds of people have stripped off and swum nude in the River Derwent in Hobart as part of the Dark MOFO winter festival. The water temperature was about 12 degrees, but the air temperature had fallen to a mere two degrees at Sandy Bay, prompting a…
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CC photo #537: Clothes, boats and kayaks
A scene from the open water swim across Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, Sunday 16 June, 2013. Some swimmers using one of the traditional (race) rowing boats as a drying rack, while in the boathouse of Kappróðrarfelagið NSÃ. In the background kayaks and a sign saying (the 10-man rowing boat) “Eysturoyingur No. 1”. Old meets…
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ABC13 on Water Safety
“For the fifth time this month, someone has drowned in our area. The latest drowning happpened on Wednesday on the Chattooga River in Oconee County. It is a reminder that people need to be vigilant when they are out on the water.”
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Coast Guard Florida: Injured Swimmer
A pleasure cruise ends in disaster when a swimmer gets tangled in the boat’s propeller! Time is of the essence; can the Coast Guard get to the young victim in time?
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CC photo #536: Týr frontman Heri Joensen completes the 2013 swim across Skálafjørður
Heri Joensen, lead vocal and guitarist of Týr completing the “Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013” open water swim across the firth Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, Sunday 16 June, 2013, in sync with his girlfriend. I suspect they gave him the No. 13 cap on purpose :-) Here is one of their songs, built upon one of our…