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Sunday, September 2, 2012

The Importance Of Body Surfing For Open Water Swimmers

Open Water Source has frequently written about the benefits, enjoyment and importance of knowing how to body surf among open water swimmers.

In Southern California this weekend, it was never so clearly evident how critical this surfing skill is to open water swimmers trying to get in and out of some wild surf that is hitting the coast.

Photo by Orange County. More photos here.

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