Alex Fong, Mary Kwoh Win Clean Half In Hong Kong Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, Hong Kong. Alex Fong Lik Sun and Mary Dick Yuen Kwoh won the 13th annual 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong. Race director Doug Woodring said, "It was a stellar day – one of the hottest and least windy of all 13 years. We had a
Courtesy of Doug Woodring, 2016 Clean Half, Hong Kong.
Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Open Water Asia, Hong Kong. The storm stayed offshore, preventing the cancellation and postponement of the tenth anniversary of the 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim. "Typhoon #1 stopped moving with a high pressure system from China that kept it offshore for the day, leaving us with incredible weather given what it could
Courtesy of Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, Hong Kong. The 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim is celebrating its 10th anniversary on October 8th. "We have 4 soloists from Argentina coming and some from Australia and Singapore already signed up," said race director Doug Woodring. "There are solo and relay team divisions. Teams have five swimmers
Courtesy of Doug Woodring, race director for the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, Hong Kong 2015, California. The open water swimming world's most unique and interesting turn buoy is shown 1 minute 9 seconds into the video posted above. Highly visible and musical, the famed 'tunes buoy' that cannot be missed. The 9th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon
Courtesy of the 9th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim race director Doug Woodring in Hong Kong. The 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong from the main beach in Stanley to Deep Water Bay can be traversed with traditional motorized marine vessels or with outrigger canoes in the carbon-neutral relay division. Instead of using synthetic
Courtesy of the 9th annual 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim race director Doug Woodring in Hong Kong..
Courtesy of © Sophie Rouillon Photography, Hong Kong. Open water swimming is raw. Open water swimming is simple. Open water swimming is pure. The sport pits an athlete and the open water in a venue that can range from tranquil to turbulent. There are safety boats and safety personnel, but equipment is limited to a swimsuit, swim cap and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 48 teams, 15 solo swimmers, and 7 teams of yak swimmers challenged the weather conditions in the 9th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong. Swimmers from a number of countries began at 11:00 am from the main beach in Stanley and swam to Deep Water Bay 15 km after between 3 and 5 hours later.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Woodring is always looking to reduce his footprint on the marine environment at his events. He had his 9th Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim caps embroidered and made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The yak swimmers will also be minimizing their footprint on the marine environment by having
