Category: Open Water
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Brits warned to not swim naked with crayfish
The Red Swamp Crayfish, which are native to America, have rocketed in numbers in the past few months at two ponds in Hampstead Heath, north London (UK), now estimated to be more than 5,000 ‘very defensive’ of their territory, with powerful claws. Now the regular nude dippers are being warned to beware of the crayfish,…
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Vega Expeditions – Skiing and Swimming on Svalbard
Did you know that local traveling regulations at Svalbard state that you must always have fireams and protection devices as hand, such as a big-game rifle and tripwire with flares for camping, due to the risk of meeting polar bears? So no skiing and swimming on Svalbard for me, thank you very much. Still beautiful,…
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SOI Unified Puerto Rico
“Supporting the Unified experience in Special Olympics Open Water” SOI Unified Puerto Rico from Bruckner Chase on Vimeo.
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Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You
Nice footage of open water swimming in this video (and a nice song too) Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You from Philippe Tempelman on Vimeo.
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Martin Strel’s Liberty to Freedom Swim 9/5/12
Martin Strel swims 2.2 miles from Liberty Island to North Cove, Manhattan
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Freediving In A Cloud Of Trevallies – Ras Mohamed
“Freediving in the amazing Ras Mohamed National Park (South Sinai – Egypt) with an impressive school of Trevallies. The Giant Trevally can grow up to 1.5m in length…”
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Arizona S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge 2012
An open water swim adventure of Saguaro, Canyon, Apache and Roosevelt lakes in the beautiful desert canyons on the Lower Salt River spanning more than 40 miles. The first three lakes were from dam to dam. The last swim at Roosevelt lake was a 10k under the stars and finishing beneath the iconic Roosevelt Bridge.…