Going For A Dip In Sydney
Of all the individuals in the world, open water swimmers expose themselves to the elements like no other athletes. Wind and wave, jetsam and jellyfish, cold and coral; open water swimmers see and experience it all. Clothed in simple swimsuits, goggles and cap, they can get stung and sunburned, cold and fatigued all in one swim.
But the Australian swimmers in the Sydney Skinny go even one step further, seeing and experiencing even more than normal.
The Sydney Skinny requires nothing. Nothing but a love of the open water.
Kate Hughes of Event Aid Australia says, “We know of 5 people from the USA that are coming to Sydney for our event that attracts a broad range of people – yes, some naturist…and some interested in open water swimming but who are scared of the ocean and those that just want to do something a little out of the ordinary and spice up their Sunday morning.
We are also raising money for Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife – an incredible but underfunded environmental conservation and protection charity. The swim is not a race and in an incredibly protected open water way – the headland protects the beach – so it is a perfect introduction to open water swimming.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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