Freda Streeter Archives

Freda Streeter, The Channel General, Recalls Her Career On WOWSA Live

Freda Streeter, The Channel General, Recalls Her Career On WOWSA Live

Freda Streeter, The Channel General, Recalls Her Career On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Freda Streeter, MBE is one of the icons of the English Channel community, known for inspiring and [...]

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Women In The Open Water: Leading, Motivating, Coaching

Women In The Open Water: Leading, Motivating, Coaching

Women In The Open Water: Leading, Motivating, Coaching Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Craig Lord of Swimming World Magazine wrote an insightful article on the emergence of female swimming coaches. He interviewed Petria Thomas, [...]

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The Win-Win Advantages Of Open Water Swimming

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One thing that is always clear at open water swimming competitions and at marathon swims: there is an overabundance of gratitude. Swimmers are grateful to race volunteers, escort pilots, [...]

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The Floating Tribe Around The Globe

Novelist Pico Iyer calls his kind, The Floating Tribe. An Indian of blood and ancestry, Iyer was raised and educated in England, but has lived for decades in both Japan and the U.S.A. He is [...]

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Dover Beach Crew Honoured With Service Award

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Marathon Swimmers Forum and hundreds of voters around the world know excellence when they see and experience it. The inaugural Service to Marathon Swimming Award was awarded to [...]

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Honour Coaches In International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

They are on pool decks and shorelines day and night. They spend countless hours on escort boats and kayaks. They study the sport and can analyze the competition and the elements. The individuals who have [...]

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The Essence And Importance Of A Swim Mom

The maternal love of a swim mom knows no bounds. A swim mom is a mother of a swimmer who is understood to be a hands-on, full-time mother of a pool swimmer under the age [...]

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Thomas Took Time

Thomas Took Time Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. With the English Channel season being kicked off this week, swimmers from around the world are converging to the shores of Dover. Many are swimming for charity; [...]

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The Parent-Child Relationship In The Open Water

A mother-child relationship never quite changes. When a mother carries her child for 9 months, bears the toll of childbirth (especially in the pre-epidural anesthesia era), and spends countless days caring for that child through [...]

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Hall of Famers, Like Father, Like Sons

The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honored the offspring of Reg Brickell Senior in its 2009 Class, Reg Brickell Jr. and Ray Brickell.While the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame has honored husband-and-wife (Roger [...]

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