At this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, the Ocean Recovery Alliance revealed Global Alert, its new online tool to help communities report and rate plastic pollution in their local rivers and waterways. The result is that people can now visualize the floating trash problem. The Ocean Recovery Alliance also showcased the Plastic Disclosure Project, an effort […]

The Seabrook Seals hosted their annual Swim for Equality pier-to-pier swim course in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. Individuals from all walks of life and spanning a wide spectrum of ages swam in the charity event. 8-year-old Emily from the local Seabrook Seal Pups group and blind swimmer, Steve McCarthy were among the competitors. The energy and

As more and more people join the Half Century Club and do marathon swims, extreme swims and adventure swims in waterways around the world, they are fascinating examples of the Fountain of Youth. On land, some teenagers and young adults (ages 14-26) are wired to believe they are invincible and capable of doing outlandish extreme

Katie Leigh, a kayaker for Diana Nyad, kayaked to Diana’s side three hours out of every nine on her latest attempt from Cuba to Florida. During the hours Katie was kayaking, Katie recalled that she was “in the presence of greatness.” She also learned from her kayak and the deck of a nearby escort boat

We hit oncoming currents, waves and marine life en route. The unexpected happens and navigating one’s course in life is not always straightforward, simple or what it first appears to be. When we stand on shore and gaze forward towards the horizon, sometimes we do not know – or cannot imagine – how we will

The California company Method has taken another innovative approach to cleaning up the environment. This time, the company used green chemistry to turn trash that is swirling in the Pacific Ocean into bottles. Working with Envision Plastics, Method collects and recycles the debris that floating in the ocean. Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan, co-founders of

B. Chris Brewster, President of the United States Lifesaving Association and Vice President of the International Life Saving Federation has a great motto that he shares on every email: “If you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth,” attributed to professional baseball great

Angela Tate PT, PhD, Cert. MDT of Arcadia University and Shana Harrington, PT, PhD of University of North Florida are conducting a survey regarding training practices for swimmers. “We want to make recommendations for safe training in order to reduce shoulder pain and injury. Coaches of age group, high school, and college teams as well

Different swimmers do different things to deal with the dreaded blue bottles, box jellyfish, sea wasps, stingers, Portuguese man o war and moon jellyfish. Stings from these and a few other species (Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi and Malo kingi) are extremely painful and can be sometimes fatal to humans. While the countermeasures used by swimmers

The 30th Possibly Annual Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance Invitational Rough H2O Swim is back with its beautiful 7K (4.33 miles) course and dry humor. Entry forms to the U.S. Masters Swimming race, hosted by Jim Anderson on December 4th, can be requested here. The race starts and finishes on Kaimana Beach, near the Diamond Head