Seaspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix
Seaspiracy is a 89-minute documentary film that examines the global fishing industry, challenging notions of sustainable fishing and showing how human actions cause widespread environmental destruction.
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Man With Mother Nature In The Open Water
Photo of Pádraig Mallon courtesy of Brian Meharg. When swimmers venture past the shoreline in open bodies of water, they occasionally come in contact with a wide variety of marine life. These denizens of the shallows or the deep can be small and invisible to see or extremely large and potentially dangerous. Our personal classifications of these myriad
The Look Of The Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kelley Prebil has been swimming all her life. She loves the water. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is a member the Oak Streakers of Laguna Beach, the South End Rowing Club and the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association while competing for the San Mateo Masters. Since she picked up
8.8 Meters Of Nothing To Be Worried About
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Basking sharks may swim slowly, no more than three miles per hour, are commonly spotted near the water’s surface, and passively feed on plankton as they swim with their mouth open. But as they sway back and forth with their massive bodies underneath or by an ocean swimmer, they can certainly present a
The Doctor Is In The House
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A day after the latest Japanese relay team crossed the Tsugaru Channel, Dr. Steven Minaglia from Honolulu, Hawaii is getting ready for his own solo Tsugaru Channel attempt. From his hotel room on Tappi Misaki, he has been watching the whitewater and wind chop typically blow across the Tsugaru Current.
Marine Life Nowhere To Be Seen
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lewis Pugh does things we never even dream of doing. The Hall of Famer swims in the cold, not only in Cape Town where he resides, but also in frozen fjords and high upon Mount Everest. He does majestic pioneering swims in the North and South Poles and generates global awareness for causes ranging from
Breaking Barriers In Belize
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Looking around the world, two unprecedented swims in the Central American country of Belize would appear to be very beautiful and very challenging swims. The shorter swim would start at the Turneffe Atoll, a group of small Caribbean islands off the coast of Belize. It would be a tad shorter than an English
The Future Of Open Water: Nanobots And Navigation
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Imagine swimming around an island or across a channel or in a massive open water race and being able to immediately and neurologically tap into information from the Internet on the currents, chop or competition? Within one generation, open water swimmers and triathletes may be able to think, swim and access
Nature Nixes Night Train, Sea Sinks Sueño
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After a kick-off from the harbor with an escort of a huge pod of dolphins and a great start on Day One, Mother Nature had something in store for the Night Train Swimmers who were attempting to become the first relay of swimmers across the 163 km Sea of Cortez. But as night fell and the Sueño 88 relay team
Ten Perks Of Being An Open Water Swimmer
There are many reasons to be an open water swimmer, but here are some perks of the sport: 1. Sartorial pleasure: You can wear swimsuits with cool designs. 2. Marine observation: You can see first-hand all kinds of marine life in their natural environment. 3. Situational experience: You can compete at seaside resorts and in beautiful lakes. 4. Literal
