Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When marathon swimming has life-or-death consequences, amazing things can happen. Hisashi Koze is a 39-year-old Japanese dive master who had to swim over 30K after being stranded at sea over a 20-hour period in Malaysia. The stranded diver swam until he reach the Damai Puri Resort after swimming overnight […]

One of the world’s most renowned marathon swims is the Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim, which is formally known as Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac (Peace race). The event has been on the FINA calendar since 1984 and its history is an interesting as its course. The race along the river Sava is 18.88K or the distance between village

Louise Stevenson from Christchurch, New Zealand will start her unprecedented 38K double crossing from the Fiji mainland to Beachcomber Island and back today. The two-time winner of the Rottnest Channel Swim will start at the Sofitel Fiji Hotel and attempt a two-way route that is used annually by one of the world’s top 100 open

At the recent OptimisSport Swim Forum as part of the Distance Swim Challenge, there were numerous tidbits of insightful information and interesting hints and allusions. Olympic gold medalist Ous Mellouli who has been doing two workouts a day since he has 12 years old pushing his body constantly to its aerobic threshold explained how his

After major international open water swims, including the world championships and FINA World Cup and Grand Prix events, a random drawing is conducted and selected athletes undergo drug testing. At the World Championships recently held in Shanghai between July 16th and 31st, FINA announced that its 311 urine samples (including 43 EPO screenings) and 51

Starting in the summer of 2012, sunscreen — and the way its marketed — will change in the United States. And this is good news. The changes will correct some examples of consumer misinformation. In the new FDA (Food and Drug Administration) regulations will eliminate “waterproof” sunscreen. That’s good because, frankly, no sunscreen is actually

England to France. Cuba to USA. Germany to Denmark. China to Taiwan. Russia to Japan. There are some international cross-border swims that are frequently done – and there are others that have yet to be done. These cross-border swims, especially those across vast bodies of water, are notoriously difficult. Not only is it a technically

Imagine using this escort boat for a marathon swim in or around Shark Island which is located in Oman? The escort boat shown on left is used by Nino Fazio, one of the nominees for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, who swam 23K from Vulcano (Aeolian Islands) to Milazzo (Sicily)