Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim
The Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim includes a solo race and a relay competition of 15 km in Hong Kong that is organized by Open Water Asia. It is one of the world's most creative marathon swimming competitions and is ranked among the Top 50 Open Water Swims In Asia and is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims.
Doug Woodring, its race director, created the concept of a Carbon-neutral Relay and yak swimmers.
During the race, the swimmers will encounter the Wall, one of the few body surfing sections found in an open water swim race in Asia. The Wall is an 800m section of rock wall on the Stanley Peninsula where swimmers can virtually ride the waves downwind as they swim.
Its complementary race is the Cold Half, The Five, and the Cold Standard also held in Hong Kong.
It also includes the 1.5 km Cold Plunge, starting in 2017.
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Distance
15 km [13.7 km in 2017]
Type
Bay
Location
City from Stanley Beach to Deepwater Bay in Hong Kong
Region Asia
Contact
Name Doug Woodring
Title Race Director
Email d2adrenaline@gmail.com
Event Information
Month: October
Event Date: October of each year
Website: [1]
Water Temp: 27-30°C (81-87°F)
Class: Solo / Relay / YakSwimmers
Wetsuit: No
Charity: Yes
External Links
- Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim Is Next Week
- Doug Woodring Talks About Deplasticizing Open Water On WOWSA Live
- Doug Woodring Honored By International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Clean Half Extreme Open Water Swim
- Excellent Day in Hong Kong's Clean Half
- Doubling Up In Hong Kong
- Top 50 Open Water Swims in Asia
- Open Water Swimming
- Bamboo Is Used At The Sheko Challenge
- Clean Half Turns 50
- Liz Schlicher Tops Women's Solos, Relays in The Clean Half
- Swimmers Are Perfect For This Role
- The Cold Half, The Flip Side Of The Clean Half
- Swimming The Cold Half In A Warm Place
- It's Cold In Hong Kong
- Railroading Along The Wall, Rough Water At Its Best
- Cold Half To Become The Cold Standard
- Doubling Up In Hong Kong
- The Sport Of Open Water Swimming
- The Five, Extreme 5 km Complements The Cold Half
- The Two Going To The Five
- Trent Grimsey Retires Old Record At The Clean Half
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Swim There, Paddle Back After The Clean Half
- Fun Is Only Half Of It
- Swimming And Storytelling To Inspire The Next Generation
- Swimming Past The Wall At The Clean Half
- The Strength Of Swimming
- What Does The Ocean Have To Say?
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- No One Has Ever Done It...Yet
- Hong Kong Takes Centre Stage For First New F1 Series
- Views Of Hong Kong: Businessmen vs. Swimmers
- YakSwimmers Take To The Open Water In Hong Kong
- Open Water Word of the Day: Carbon-neutral Relay
- Only For Swimmers With Confidence And Dare
- Open Water Swimming's Holliday In Hong Kong
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Series
- Open Water Swimmers Are Right On The Border
- Clean Half Adds Yak Swimmers
- Minimizing Marine Footprint At The Cold Half
- Yakety Yak, Clean Half Cleans Up
- The Calm And The Energy At The Clean Half
- What Is The Exchange Difference In Hong Kong?
- The Most Unique Turn Buoy In The Open Water World
- Environmentally-friendly Open Water Relays
- Clean Half Welcomes YakSwimmers
- López Longs For Longer, More Challenging Swims
- Diego Does Dover En Route To The Continents Seven
- Straight Shooter Diego López Does The Triple Crown
- Diego López Wins Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim
