Education
You need to be swimming more
If you want to be strong and confident swimming in the ocean, it all starts with being a strong and confident swimmer.
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Andre’s Conviction 2017_18
Education
Different strokes for different folks
When transferring from the pool to open water, there are some slight variations you can make to your swimming stroke when waves, wind chop and swimmer wash make the water surface bumpier.
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Education
The magic carpet (negotiating a shore dump)
There’s a little bit of magic in all of us! Learn how to negotiate a shore dump using the ‘magic carpet’.
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Education
The finish is right behind you
The Hawaiians say ‘never turn your back on the ocean’, and that advice rings true for finishing ocean swims.
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Education
Relax and keep your head down
If you find yourself fighting the open water and using up energy quickly, you might be swimming like this.
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Education
The tortoise and the hare
This well-known fable is a great reminder to ocean swimmers of all ages, that there’s more to swimming through the surf than speed.
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Education
A simple technique that will make you a superhero of the surf
We’ve got a technique to help you negotiate the surf that is so simple, you’ll wonder way you haven’t thought of it before (Tip: it doesn’t involve diving under waves).
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Education
How sandbanks are like swimming between the flags
How can you stay safe at the beach, if you know to swim between the flags, but you choose not to?
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Events
Newds outraged by sensible decision at Bondi to Bronte
A sensible decision by the Bondi To Bronte organisers made wetsuit wearers eligible for prizes on Sunday, but the ‘newds’ weren’t happy.
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Gear
The great wetsuit debate
Do you only swim ‘newd’, or are you impartial to a bit of rubber? This question is at the heart of the annual wetsuit debate between ocean swimming traditionalists and the modern day ocean swimmer.
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Gear
A cap in the hand is worth two in the season
Why do we wear swim caps and are we wearing them for the right reasons?
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Education
Are you going insane in the surf?
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity, so are you guilty of this when you’re ocean swimming?
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Education
How the Melbourne Cup is like an ocean swim
When you think about it, racing in the Melbourne Cup is actually a lot like an ocean swim event.
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Environment
Should you swim in the ocean after rain?
Why is swimming in the ocean after it’s rained so bad? and how do you know when it’s safe to go back in?
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Lifestyle
Take a swim on the wild side
Wild swimming is a great way to enjoy your favourite activity in nature, learn what it’s all about and how to get involved.
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Lifestyle
Swim with a social ocean swimming group this season
There are dozens of social ocean swimming groups throughout Australia, and they’re great for regular swimming and camaraderie.
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Education
Do you know, what you don’t know?
Are you unknowingly holding yourself back from being a better ocean swimmer, because you think you know all there is to know about ocean swimming?
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