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International Winter Swimming Association Announces Its 2022/2023 Calendar
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Steven Munatones 11/17/2022 No Comment

The International Winter Swimming Association announced its 2022/2023 calendar that will include 7 events and the IWSA World Cup with 4 events, and the 2023 Winter Swimming World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia. December 2nd 2022: Iceswim Festival 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. IWSA World Cup Stage I - for more information, visit iceswim.ee December

If You Don’t Instagram Your Swim, Did It Happen?
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WOWSA 10/28/2022 No Comment

Outdoor Swimmer Magazine gave some good advice about winter swimming and asked an interesting question in a recent article, 5 Things You Need For Cold Water Swimming. "A waterproof camera or action camera is great for documenting your cold water swims. After all, if you don’t instagram it, did it even happen?" Hmmm, the answer could be yes and it could

The ICE Series: Uncovering Myths with Natalia Szydlowski
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Steven Munatones 07/04/2021 No Comment

The ICE Series on Uncovering Myths of Winter Swimming is a podcast interview with Dr. Natalia Szydlowski who

The Myth and Realities of Winter Swimming
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Steven Munatones 06/03/2021 No Comment

Natalia Szydlowski, Ph.D., a Professor at the Universidad de Concepción del Uruguay, wrote The Myth of Winter Swimming and will appear on The ICE Series.

Kosatka DV Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
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Steven Munatones 02/01/2021 No Comment

Kosatka DV, led by Oleg Dokuchaev, was announced by World Open Water Swimming Association as its 2020 World Open Water Offering of the Year in the annual WOWSA Awards

Curious About COVID? Can Swimming Help?
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Steven Munatones 01/04/2021 No Comment

Michelle Lucking explains about how cold water swimming helps boost her immune system on WOWSA Live.

Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m
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Steven Munatones 11/29/2020 No Comment

Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m Courtesy of WOWSA, Chungará Lake, Andes Mountains, Chile. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, known in Spanish as la Sirena de Hielo and in English as the Ice Mermaid, lived up to her name this past week. On November 28th, she completed 7.5 km high-altitude swim across Chungará Lake in the

Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
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Steven Munatones 11/16/2020 No Comment

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. There are all kinds of Bucket Swims. The bucket swims can be personal or established, domestic or international, short or long. A bucket swim is an open water swim that individuals have dreamed about and wants to do before they pass away. They can be of any distance in any location depending on the

Hooker Glacier Swimming With Fenwick Ridley
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Steven Munatones 11/09/2020 No Comment

Hooker Glacier Swimming With Fenwick Ridley Courtesy of Fenwick Ridley, Hooker Glacier, Mount Cook, New Zealand. Fenwick Ridley, an extreme swimmer from New Zealand is shown above swimming in Hooker Glacier, one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Copyright © 2008 - 2020 by World Open

Nuala Shares Moore About Cold Water Swimming
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Steven Munatones 10/20/2020 No Comment

Nuala Shares Moore About Cold Water Swimming Courtesy of Nuala Moore, Dingle, Ireland. "The first time that I saw Nuala Moore finish an Ice Kilometer in a falling snow after she had completed 40 laps in the 25m pool carved out of a frozen lake in Burghausen, Germany, I knew she was one of the world's most well-adapted cold water swimmers," remembered