Tag: Susie Maroney

Setting the Record Straight on “Nyad”: Addressing Press on the Actual First Swimmers to Cross Florida Straights, Walter Poenisch and Susan Maroney
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After publishing “Nyad” on Netflix: The Swim, The Scandal, The Silence regarding Diana Nyad's Cuba to Florida swim and upcoming film "Nyad," there have been multiple press inquiries. This post addresses the most frequent questions as concisely as possible. The Florida Straits Open Water Swimming Association, (FOWSA/FSOWSA), Does Not Exist There is no

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Two Hall Of Famers And Fidel Castro
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swimmers have been attempting to cross the Gulf Stream and swim from Cuba to Florida since 1950 (including Jose Cortinas, Leo Vigil, Rolando Elejalde, Luciana Nunez, Susie Maroney, Skip Storch, Chris Green, Diana Nyad, Walter Poenisch, Penny Palfrey and Chloë McCardel). Many of them met and had to receive

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Shark Caged In The Ocean
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Shark Caged In The Ocean Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Susie Maroney used one nearly 200 km from Cuba to Florida across the Straits of Florida, but Chloë McCardel is going without during her upcoming attempt. Skip Storch used a shark cage in his Cuba-to-America attempt, but he found it less useful than a jellyfish cage. "The

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