Wetsuits At 43°F (6.1°C)? Not For Karen Rogers
Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
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Theordore Yach’s Swim Through The Shark Zone
On behalf of disadvantaged swimmers in South Africa, world record holder Theodore Yach will conduct a courageous charity swim in an icy Atlantic Ocean challenge off Cape Town, South Africa – a 35K swim from Hout Bay on the mainland to Robben Island right through Great White Shark territory due to a crowded seal colony
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Are There Any Divas In Open Water Swimming?
Yes, but it has everything to do with their swimsuits – not their personalities. The women, including aspiring Olympic 10K swimmer Cara Baker of New Zealand shown here, at the world-class level of open water swimming are down-to-earth, polite and considerate young ladies (and mothers) who are great ambassadors of sport and of sportsmanship. But
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Codie Grimsey And Cara Baker Take Round One In New Zealand
Codie Grimsey from Australia traveled to New Zealand to compete in the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series – and he came home victorious in the first race of the series, the 2.8K Harbour Crossing Auckland. Despite rain and winds, the Auckland Harbour was quite smooth and impressive to Codie, a stalwarth on the Australian ocean
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Tweeting And Texting With Captain Matthew Webb
Tweeting And Texting With Captain Matthew Webb Courtesy of WOWSA, Dover, California. Captain Matthew Webb was the first person to successfully swim across the English Channel in 1875. How different would it have been if his exploit would have been reported as modern-day marathon swims are with GPS devices, Internet connectivity and online social networks?
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Cold Water Acclimatization In Lake Tahoe
Pound for pound, Matthew Davie has to be on the toughest cold-water swimmers in the world. With a body fat percentage well under 6%, the former collegiate swimming star has no problem swimming in Lake Tahoe at altitude in 43°F (6.1°C) water. “I have to dodge mini-icebergs out there,” recalled Matthew who is intelligently acclimating
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Getting Ready With 200 x 100 x 100
Ned Denison, a candidate for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, relentlessly pushing athletes to succeed in their marathon swimming goals, whether it is in his notorious open water training camps in Ireland or in the controlled confirms of a pool. “Today we had core group of five in the pool
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The Triumph And Tragedy Of A Greek Marathon Hero
The Triumph And Tragedy Of A Greek Marathon Hero Courtesy of WOWSA. Of the 218 inductees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Jason Zirganos is the only honoree from Greece. Zirganos (Greek: Ιάσων Ζηργάνος) was a Greek army major and was the first Greek to successfully swim the English Channel. He raced in
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Aloha Dr. Harry Huffaker
Dr. Harry Huffaker, shown on left at the age of 50 after 18 hours in the channels in Hawaii, has had a remarkable open water swimming career and was inducted this year in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming has previously written articles about Dr. Harry Huffaker.
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An Amazonian Event By Darko Novovic
Former Serbian pro water polo player Darko Novovic decided to take up another sport. Instead of the 30-meter pools that dominated his aquatic career, he decided to head to the open water…where he set a new world record. According to news coming out of Brazil, Darko took 46 days to swim the length of the
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