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  • On Saturday, June 9th, 175 swimmers and numerous volunteers gathered at Lake Minnewaska for the inaugural “Terry Laughlin Celebration Swim” — the first open water memorial event for Terry this season, put on by Dave Barra and his organization, New York Open Water (NYOW). After a relatively cool May and early June, we were lucky enough to be graced with warm, sunny weather and a water temperature of about 70 degrees. Designed as a non-competitive event, the swim was a triangle course of 0.75 miles, in which participants were invited to swim whatever distance they desired in the allotted time of 3 hrs, from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. Many swimmers chose to do a quick sprint distance with just one loop of the course, while a surprisingly large number swam continuous loops until the clock ran out. It was a relaxed and convivial atmosphere– one Terry would have certainly reveled in– and the swimmers were extremely well-supported by the volunteers for the event.

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  • Human Access Project’s River Hugger Swim Team is a recreational protest swim bringing awareness of the swimmability and extreme deficit of access to the edge of the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon. The opening day swim of 2018 the River Huggers had a special guest joining – Mayor Ted Wheeler.

  • A record 1,537 naked bodies galloped down a Hobart beach in chilly 7C in the annual mad dash of Dark Mofo’s winter solstice nude swim. It was ‘refreshing’ and ‘invigorating’, participants said, dressed only in red swimming caps

  • It’s swim to survive day in Canada.

    And students from the peace river south school district, not only beat the heat by being in water–

    They also dipped their toes in to a new life saving experience.

    CJDC’s Dalia Ashry with more.

  • “Because I’m blind, I’m more aware of where I am in the water.”

  • Last year 84 people drowned in Hawaii. Today, free swimming lessons were offered at Leahi’s Swim School as part of a global effort to keep people safe out in the water.

  • For thousands of years, the people of Hungary have soaked in the rich, thermal waters that lie below the country’s surface. From Roman emperors to Turkish kings, Budapest’s baths have been attracting the bright and the bold to the city since the 2nd century. Today, bathhouses continue to dominate the capital city, home to some of the largest spas in Europe. Come along as we journey across Budapest to trace back Hungary’s age-old love of thermal spas.

  • Marathon Swimming and Balatonfüred is a love affair. Starting eight years ago with continental events it became quickly a hotspot for official FINA races. The 2018 edition of the FINA/Hosa Marathon Swim Series had a very strong field: former overall winners, World Champions, Olympic Champions – it almost felt like the World Championship one year ago.