Swim Vacation, a growing open water swimming vacation provider with package deals from the Caribbean Sea to the northeast U.S.A., is offering a Maine Lakes Experience on July 13th-16th. Founder George ‘Hopper’ McDonough explains, “We found a small island on a pristine lake with cozy waterfront cabins, fabulous food, and a family-friendly atmosphere; the ideal […]

Rob Dumouchel produced a wonderful roadmap about he makes his maps that populate his Rob Aquatics site. As Rob explains, “I’ve recently started swimming with a GPS unit tucked under my cap to help measure and record my swims. But what if you don’t want to spend a ton of money on swim gadgets? How

Peak Performance Professionals is offering the Pewaukee Open Water Swims from June 7th to September 3rd in Wisconsin. Coach Anita Krier will lead the twice-weekly open water swim instruction and clinics on Monday evenings and Friday mornings at the Pewaukee Lake Beach Front. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source

Gary Emich and Joseph Oakes, authors of Lessons from Alcatraz, shared their insights on Open Water Wednesday. “Open water swimming may be gaining popularity among our aging population because it is less stressful on the joints“, says aquapreneur Gary. “But it also affords a great opportunity to keep fit and stay in shape.” Copyright ©

The Daily News of Open Water Swimming observes that trends begin and develop slowly in the sport of open water swimming, at least relative to sports like snowboarding, triathlon and basketball. One trend that is appearing on the horizon is the use of aerial photography at open water swims. From use of kites to take

Big ocean swells met the swimmers in Fiji Ocean Swim Series at Yatule Beach Resort Natadola. For most, the thought of even getting through the surf was daunting. Given the conditions, Paul McCoy decided against the usual series format of 1K, 2.5K and 5K distances for shorter point-to-point courses. In the 1.7K female division, Tieri

What is extreme swimming? Is it swimming across the English Channel? Is it a circumnavigation around Manhattan Island? Is it swimming where sharks congregate? Is it participating in International Ice Swimming Association events? However you may define extreme swimming, cold water swimming is certainly part of the equation. For some, extreme swimming is swimming in

“So there is none who doesn’t fell a spiritual uplift listening to the sound of the name of Marathon…” by Ailios Aristeides. The City of Marathon, the site of the battle in 490 BC between the heavily outnumbered Athenian army and the Persians, rings a bell for runners…and will soon mean something for swimmers. With

Chad Ho completed a three-peat at the Spar Redhouse River Mile. Meanwhile, Carmel and Lauren Billson went 1-2 in the women’s division of the oldest open water swim in South Africa, now in its 87th version this year. 1 Chad Ho, 15:26.9 2 Andrew Fischer, 16:46.73 Christopher Van De Sande, 16:48.84 Tyrone Venter, 16:50.8 5

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Next week, Trent and Codie Grimsey may make their parents particularly proud if they both qualify to represent Australia at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai and then go on to the 2012 London Olympics. The brothers, elder Trent and younger Codie, are both among the fastest open