New Zealand Open Water Swimming Association
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noun - The New Zealand Open Water Swimming Association or NZOWSA is a volunteer open water swimming association located in New Zealand and founded by a group of open water swimmers who specialize and focus on marathon swimming.
Purpose
- to promote and encourage safe open water swimming.
- to provide a ratifying governing body for marathon swims and channel crossings.
- to offer a pool of trained observers for marathon swims and channel crossings.
Ratified Marathon Swims
- NZOWSA observed and ratified the record crossing of Jonathan Ridler across the Foveaux Strait on 22 February 2021 in 7 hours 52 minutes 14 seconds.
