Michael Phelps would never race against Stephanie Rice. Kosuke Kitajima would never race against Rebecca Soni. Aaron Piersol would never race against Natalie Coughlin. These Olympic pool swimming superstars line up, rightly so, against swimmers of their own gender. Ice skaters, short track speed skaters and cyclists are the same – men vs. men and […]

While shark attacks rose in 2010, humans are estimated to kill 30 to 70 million sharks per year. Last year, there were 79 reported unprovoked shark attacks on humans – the highest number in a decade when 6 people died, greater than the average of 4.3 deaths over the past 10 years, reported scientists from

Chip Carrigan, one of America’s most passionate promoters of open water swimming, is organizing three different age-group open water swimming championships on June 29th: the Ohio Open Water Swimming Championships, the Kentucky Open Water Swimming Championships and the West Virginia Open Water Swimming Championships. Chip’s eye for promotion, safety and an enjoyable competition is why

Fran Crippen, the world-class swimmer and dynamic role model of American swimming, was posthumously inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame after his tragic death during a professional marathon swim. The 26-year-old was the emotional and inspirational leader of the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team and the most dynamic personality on

The North (Irish) Channel is renowned for being the toughest channel swim in the world – cold, rough, filled with jellyfish and fraught with unpredictable weather. But it was also site of the most tenacious efforts of one Irish women who was voted the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year. Anne Marie

The first issue is now in the books to wide acclaim, but H2Open Magazine, the world’s only open water swimming magazine, can be purchased by clicking here. Full of colorful photographs and insightful articles, H2Open Magazine is a credit to its staff and is educational and entertaining for open water swimmers of all ages, backgrounds

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Traditional open water swimmers frown upon the use of wetsuits. It is one’s willingness and ability to acclimate to the cold which has always draw the respect of channel swimmers, marathon swimmers and traditionalists in the open water. But television personality Bear Grylls does what it takes to survive.

Andrew Flanagan and Ned Denison will give a seminar on marathon swimming tomorrow at the The Kingfisher Club in NUI Galway, Ireland. No fees, no registration, no waiting. The affable, charismatic Ned will talk about the joys, agonies, celebration ,the cold and preparation for marathon swimming. He will explain in colorful detail what the sport