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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

Matt & Manoa Buckman, Heroes In The Ocean
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Steven Munatones 08/17/2019 No Comment

Matt & Manoa Buckman, Heroes In The Ocean Video courtesy of Aaron Begle; information courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Escort pilot Matt Buckman and his co-pilot, son and escort kayaker Manoa Buckman know the waters and channels around the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai, Lanai and Maui. They know the waters very, very

Florin Tomos, Matt Buckman On Crossing the Molokai Channel
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Steven Munatones 08/12/2019 No Comment

Florin Tomos, Matt Buckman On Crossing the Molokai Channel Courtesy of Matt Buckman and Florin Tomos finishing on Niu Peninsula on Oahu after a, Molokai Channel crossing in Hawaii. Florin Tomos is a 35-year-old Romanian open water swimmer and coach who successfully swam the Molokai Channel last week in 14 hours 56 minutes on August 5th. Tomos is a

Paul Georgescu Moves From Cold To Warm Across Molokai
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Steven Munatones 04/18/2019 No Comment

Paul Georgescu Moves From Cold To Warm Across Molokai Courtesy of WOWSA, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. After swimming an Ice Mile in Bucharest in 3.02°C water, after finishing 5th in the Ice Kilometer at the 3rd International Ice Swimming Association World Championship in Murmansk, Russia, after winning the 500m freestyle at the Arctic Cup in Murmansk, after

Mark Tan Freestyles To His Fourth
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Steven Munatones 07/02/2018 No Comment

Mark Tan Freestyles To His FourthCourtesy of Linda Kaiser, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Mark Tan has now completed crossings of four major channels in his home state of Hawaii. The firefighter and paramedic originally from Kailua on Oahu has completed a 15 km swim from Molokai to Lanai across the Kalohi Channel, a 14.2 km swim from Lanai to Maui across the

A Long Swim Ends Short Of Shore
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Steven Munatones 08/01/2016 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After 16 hours 3 minutes as he was pushed far north of his goal, Doug McConnell has swum a total of 49.6 km, but he was still short of walking up onshore on Oahu to complete his planned Molokai Channel crossing. Don Sammons reported, "They pulled Doug out for safety reasons [as the] conditions were

Escort Pilots In The Open Water World
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Steven Munatones 11/26/2015 No Comment

Escort Pilots In The Open Water World Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The heroes and heroines of the open water are most definitely the swimmers. But other indispensable individuals in the sport - like Charlie Gravett of Jersey in the Channel Island [shown on left] - include pilots, captains, mariners, navigators, oceanographers and

Katie Benoit Is A Heroine In The Water
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Steven Munatones 10/07/2013 No Comment

In 2012, a massive hail storm flooded an intersection near the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Katie Benoit jumped into action. Being the experienced swimmer that she is, Benoit selflessly entered the rising, freezing waters and helped rescue people from their flooding cars. She emerged a real-life heroine. Which should not be surprising

French Goes Hawaii
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Steven Munatones 03/02/2013 No Comment

Beth French Swims Through The Night And Vog To Oahu
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Steven Munatones 12/04/2012 No Comment

Beth France achieved her second Oceans Seven channel crossing today with an incredibly courageous 24 hour 10 minute swim across the Molokai Channel. The newest member of the 24-hour Club, started at Laau Point on the island of Molokai on Sunday night and finished on Sandy Beach on the island of Oahu at 9:40 pm on Monday. Throughout the night and day and