(26 May 2025)
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Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts – 26 May 2025
1. Various of crowd gathered at beach
2. Various of Lewis Pugh swimming
3. Lewis Pugh walking out of the water
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lewis Pugh, Endurance Swimmer and Ocean Advocate:
“It’s been a long journey, it really has, 12 days, cold water, constant winds, waves and then the, always thinking about what may be beneath me, it’s been, it has been a big swim, a very big swim.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lewis Pugh, Endurance Swimmer and Ocean Advocate:
“But the importance of this swim was to highlight just how important sharks are. It’s the 50th anniversary of Jaws, which is this blockbuster movie which was made here, 50 years ago here on Martha’s Vineyard. And this is about explaining just how important sharks are for all of us. Sharks are the most magnificent creatures. They’re absolutely essential for life on Earth. And this was the message to swim right the way around the island every single day talking about how important these animals are.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lewis Pugh, Endurance Swimmer and Ocean Advocate:
“The biggest challenge on this swim has been the wind. I mean, we’ve had unrelenting wind day after day after day, and when you have wind day after day, after day you have waves. And I always knew this swim was gonna be a tough swim, but when you put the wind and then the waves, and then, the distance, and then thinking about what is beneath you all the time, it adds up, it becomes attritional after a while.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lewis Pugh, Endurance Swimmer and Ocean Advocate:
“No, I didn’t encounter any sharks. It would have been wonderful to have seen sharks because they’re such amazing animals and when you see sharks you realize you have a healthy ocean underneath. There on the corner we saw lots of seals which are also just absolutely wonderful. This is a truly beautiful part of the American coastline.”
8. Wide of lighthouse on beach
STORYLINE:
Lewis Pugh, a British-South African endurance swimmer completed his 62-mile (100-kilometer) 12-day journey around Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, becoming the first person to swim all the way around the island.
Pugh began swimming multiple hours a day in the 47-degree (8-degree Celsius) water on May 15 to raise awareness and encourage protections for sharks as the film “Jaws” nears its 50th birthday.
“Jaws,” which was filmed in Edgartown, renamed Amity Island for the movie, created Hollywood’s blockbuster culture when it was released in summer 1975, setting new box office records and earning three Academy Awards. The movie would shape views of the ocean for decades to come.
Both director Steven Spielberg and author Peter Benchley expressed regret that viewers of the film became so afraid of sharks, and both later contributed to conservation efforts as their populations declined, largely due to commercial fishing.
Immediately after walking out the ocean, Lewis Pugh reiterated his message to the Associated Press, “This is about explaining just how important sharks are for all of us. Sharks are the most magnificent creatures. They’re absolutely essential for life on Earth,”.
The swimmer stated that in his 40 year career, this swim around Martha’s Vineyard was one of the most difficult.
“I always knew this swim was gonna be a tough swim, but when you put the wind and then the waves, and then, the distance, and then thinking about what is beneath you all the time, it adds up, it becomes attritional after a while,” Pugh said.
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