48-year-old John Farrell Kelly became the first person to swim 9 miles across Fremont Lake on the western side of the Wind River mountains, filled with cold water, in Wyoming, U.S.A. on October 1st. His 6 hour 37 minute effort in the high-altitude lake (7,418 feet) started as a dream years ago. “I have been […]

Kara Robertson of Swim Las Vegas provided these photographs from the 2011 Slam The Dam that express some concepts about contemporary open water swimming. The photograph on left shows the camaraderie that can cross neoprene lines. While the opinions of traditionalists and triathletes or newcomers may never meet primarily due to the water temperature, they

Emily Brunemann finished off her 2011 season with two consecutive FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup victories. Below are the results for the 10K race in Hong Kong. The race was held in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay where the water temperature 27.5°C. As Emily summed up for the rest of the athletes, “I want to

Thomas Lurz and Emily Brunemann both finished off the season with two consecutive FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup victories. Below are the results for the 10K race in Hong Kong. The race was held in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay where the water temperature 27.5°C. As Emily summed up for the rest of the athletes,

The Big Blue is a Greek specialist swimming adventure holiday around the beautiful islands of the Ionian Sea, west of the Greek mainland. Lisa Stansbie announced, “We are launching at the end of June 2012. We will swim in the Ionian, mainly Lefkada and Kefallonia and Meganisi.” Based in the picturesque green island of Lefkada,

He certainly has a grand opportunity to do so, just outside of Castel Gandolfo, the Pope’s villa. Lake Albano is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, at the foot of Monte Cavo, 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Rome. The lake is about 3.5K long by 2.3K wide, formed by

The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation will hold their annual celebration of relay and solo swimmers on November 5th in San Pedro, California. All supporters, family, friends and swimmers – whether former swimmers, current swimmers or future possible channel swimmers – are cordially invited to join this inspirational celebration for US$30. Copyright © 2011 by Open

Steve Jobs, the legendary entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, passed away today. His vision, energy and talents were immense and his influence on various industries were even greater. As a result of his creativity, he led Apple to invent devices that are easy to use, gorgeous pieces of silicon and plastic, and essential to millions

Once of the most frustrating elements for open water swimmers to deal with is wind and the resultant surface chop or whitewater. Whether the wind is blowing against, with or laterally, the wind waves are obstacles for open water swimmers to overcome. So when mariners talk about “fetch“, what do they mean? Fetch is the