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Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
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Steven Munatones 02/02/2020 No Comment

Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira is one of the few channel swimmers over the last 140 years who has had to endure a mass of flesh and muscles being ripped from his body, leaving a permanent gaping hole in his upper leg. During his

2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Nominees
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Steven Munatones 01/01/2020 No Comment

2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Nominees Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: * World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year * World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year * World Open Water Swimming Performance of the

Marathoning With Masayuki Moriya
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Steven Munatones 12/18/2019 No Comment

Marathoning With Masayuki Moriya Courtesy of WOWSA and Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel and Sado Channel, Japan. Since 2008, Masayuki Moriya has been training, preparing, planning, escorting, documenting and observing channel swims in the Tsugaru Channel (between Honshu and Hokkaido) and nearby Sado Channel (between Sado Island and the Honshu mainland) in

Renaissance Men In The Contemporary Open Water World
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Steven Munatones 12/05/2019 No Comment

Renaissance Men In The Contemporary Open Water World Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A Renaissance man is often applied to the gifted people of the Renaissance era (from the 14th to 17th century) who sought to develop their full intellectual, artistic, social and physical capabilities. The term often describes the great thinkers like

Swimming & Safety In Shonan
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Steven Munatones 09/10/2019 No Comment

Matías Ola Looks Forward After Tough Tsugaru
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Steven Munatones 07/29/2019 No Comment

Matías Ola Looks Forward After Tough Tsugaru Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya of Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Matías Ola went for it again. The Argentine swimmer attempted a crossing of the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel for the second time on July 28th. After a start at 2:47 am from Kodomari, Aomori on the island of Honshu, he swam for 12 hours 55 minutes,

Swimming Straight From Sado
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Steven Munatones 06/23/2019 No Comment

Swimming Straight From Sado Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Ocean Navi, Sado Island, Japan. Team Ocean Navi completed a 40 km crossing from Sado Island to Niigata on the mainland on Honshu on June 12th. The 12-person relay started at 2 am and finished 12 hours 24 minutes later in the city of Nagaoka. Taku Wakabayashi, Eri Obiya, Saki Watanabe, Hiroto Kagami,

Swimming Benefits Society As It Ages
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Steven Munatones 12/24/2018 No Comment

Swimming Benefits Society As It Ages Graph courtesy of CNN. "The unprecedented demographic trends currently underway in Japan are one clear indicator how important swimming can be for the overall health and wellness of every society and country," says Steven Munatones. "The benefits of swimming are so evident in one's youth and middle-age, but the

Watch Nora Toledano, Mariel Hawley Set Tsugaru Record
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Steven Munatones 07/03/2018 No Comment

Watch Nora Toledano, Mariel Hawley Set Tsugaru Record Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya of Ocean Navi in the Tsugaru Channel, Japan. For a report on the record-setting 6 hour 20 minute tandem swim by Nora Toledano Cadena and Mariel Hawley Dávila across the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan from Honshu to Hokkaido, visit here. Copyright © 2008 - 2018 by World

Masayuki Moriya From Marathon To Masters Swimming
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Steven Munatones 11/23/2016 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Masayuki Moriya organizes channel crossings for hard-core marathon swimmers in northern Japan to fun swim excursions and swimming holidays for masters swimmers, triathletes and fitness swimmer in Okinawa. The latest ocean adventure in November that Moriya led was the 4-day Yakabi Island Swim Picnic on the