The Comeback Of Glen Christiansen
Swedish Olympian Glen Christiansen came back to life from a horrific accident where his skull was cracked from ear to ear.
Tag: Japan International Open Water Swimming Association
2015 Japan International Open Water Swimming Series
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) is an open water swimming governing body in Tokyo that offers local races, biathlons and swimming holidays. JIOWSA was founded by Yutaka Shinozaki and has created a nationwide open water swimming series as well as offers open water swimming
Lisa Batey, Not Lost In Translation
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lisa Batey is an American athlete, coach and licensed sports massage therapist living in Kanagawa, Japan. She coaches in Hayama that sits at the northern end of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean. With her idyllic training venue with a temperate climate, short cool winters, and humid
Going Swimming On Holiday
A swim holiday is a growing niche in the open water swimming world. Popularized by SwimTrek, the swimming holiday market is booming with tour operators from Europe to Asia, the Caribbean to the South Pacific. Swim holidays involve tours, camps, clinics, and vacations surrounded around or oriented towards open water swimming. The purpose of a swim holiday
Samurai Spirit In The Open Water
Wearing a bright pink swim cap with a direct English translation that means fighting on the water, a masters swimmer on the 19-race Japan International Open Water Swimming Association circuit is as enthusiastic and passionate as any competitor in any culture. We occasionally hear of the samurai spirit - or the Bushidō code that was followed by the samurai
Movers And Shakers In Open Water Swimming Asia
Professor Morrie Chiang, chairman of the Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival in central Taiwan and Yutaka Shinozaki, chairman of the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association, are quite the movers and shakers in the world of open water swimming in Asia. With a focus on promoting open water swimming for the benefits of health, wellness
Looking Up and Looking Down In The Open Water
When the ocean water is cold or coolish, we find ourselves looking forward to sight or looking across the ocean surface when we breath. There is a tendency to not look down when we swim. Our eyes, of course, are not necessarily closed, but we tend not to be focused on the depths below. There is nothing really to see and for some reason, the darkish hues
Kaoru Yamanaka Wins Season-ending 10 km In Kumejima
Young Kaoru Yamanaka won the season-ending Japan International Open Water Swimming Association festival on beautiful Kumejima Island in Okinawa, Japan this weekend. Kumejima is often said to be one of the most beautiful of the Okinawa Islands which lie south of Japan and east of Taiwan with an ocean that is inviting and stunningly gorgeous. The Kumejima
Bar Coding In Japan
Timing chips on the ankles or transponders on the wrist, or just plain old-fashioned black numbers on the shoulders are various ways for race directors to keep track of the position and timing of athletes in open water swimming competitions. But at the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association events, bar codes are used. The bar codes are
Far Out In The Far East, Swimming In Japan
Foreign visitors to Japan can get confused. The Japanese writing is indecipherable and few Japanese speak English - or other non-Japanese languages - well. On visiting Japan and just getting around, there are innumerable choices of bullet trains, monorails, taxis, and trains - each going in different directions with different stops and on an unfathomable
