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Swimmers can do four simple tests on dryland and in the water to get a good perspective of their healthful longevity. Can you suggest other tests?
Are You Aging Well? Try These Dryland and In-the-Water Tests to Learn More Read More »
Two-time Polish Olympic swimmer (2008 and 2012) and sports psychologist Karolina Szczepaniakng set a 72-hour distance swimming record, a year after swimming for 57 hours from Poland to Sweden
Karolina Szczepaniak Explores The Extreme Read More »
Some swimmers have stood out with the amount of time and talents that they have freely shared with the open water swimming community. They are being honored by the IMSHOF and MSF.
Their Time and Talents Are Treasured Read More »
Mark Sowerby, the 29th Oceans Seven swimmer in history, joins podcast host Richard Thomas and explains how he is a survivor and what it takes to achieve the Oceans Seven
I Am A Survivor, Getting Through Difficult Times Read More »
Sarah Dobbin, Leslie Hamilton, Stephanie Montero Bending, and Karen Zemlin are the Yudovin Award finalists at the 2025 Ultraswimming Awards, organized by the Marathon Swimmers Federation
Carrying On The Legacy of David Yudovin: Vote on Most Adventurous Swims of 2025 Read More »
Brian Foster of Ireland, Karina Garcia of the USA, Victor Pineiro of Argentina, Andreas Waschburger of Germany, Kaname Woodfield of Japan are the 5 finalists for the Solo Swim of the Year at the 2025 Ultraswimming Awards, organized by the Marathon Swimmers Federation
Outstanding, Mind-boggling Impressive: 2025 Solo Swim of the Year Finalists Read More »
Carina Bruwer completes a tough False Bay crossing exactly 20 years after her initial success.
Déjà vu Across False Bay. Carina Bruwer Succeeds Again In A Tough Swim Read More »
Yasu Hirai and Abbie Yourell won the 5 km race at the Terrigal Swim Fest in Australia’s New South Wales.
While Olympians Gather In Terrigal, Yasu Hirai Comes Out On Top Read More »
The Class of 2025 inductees in the Hawai’i Swimming Hall of Fame included some of the Who’s Who of ocean swimming like Ian Emberson, Gail Grabowsky, PhD, Ryan Leong, and Steven Minaglia, MD.
Swims Across Waikiki Lead To Channel Crossings In Hawai’i Read More »
Back in 2010 in the last domestic race featuring Fran Crippen, the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California. Crippen had won an earlier match-up against Chip Peterson, Andrew Gemmell and Alex Meyer at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship 10 km race (see video above), but
Redux in Marine Stadium for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships Read More »