Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Penny Palfrey, one of the nominees for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, will take on the monsterous, humungous 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel next week, probably around the November 8th – 11th window due to some favorable winds (Kona winds that help reduce the surface chop […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The nominees for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year are an incredible group of heroines. These select individuals are magnificent people whose exploits, histories and lifestyles are extraordinarily inspirational to read. These awards not necessarily for the best athlete, but are meant to honor the

Lewis Pugh, one of the nominees for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, sure gets around. Michael Walker photographed Lewis finishing a 1K swim at 5,300 meters above sea level on Mt Everest in 2010 to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayan glaciers. Down at the bottom of

Karen Reeder, one of the fastest swimmers ever in the Catalina Channel, a member of the world record English Channel relay team and a top professional marathon swimmer in the 1990s who swam in numerous bodies of water over her illustrious career, provided some interesting guidelines about the differences in how the water feels in

FINA announced the members of its Task Force on the investigation of the causes and circumstances of the tragic death Fran Crippen (USA) during the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The five-member body is international in scope with roots in the open water world. The Chairman is Gunnar Werner,

Open water swimmers are always thinking about the water conditions as they head to the shoreline. One convenient way to know what you might be swimming in is to check SwellWatch or one of the numerous other online surf report sites with worldwide swell charts and analyses of the water conditions. The SwellWatch site has

Fran Crippen will be the focus and on the cover of the next (December) issue of the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. The FINA Aquatics World Magazine was introduced at the 2010 FINA Bureau Meeting in Bangkok and covers the five aquatic disciplines and the very best of open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo

Melissa Gorman, a personable world champion with a great head of her fast-moving shoulders, is nominated for the Swimming Australia’s 2010 Telstra Swimmer of the Year Awards. To vote for Melissa (shown in her AquaDiva attire) who has dual abilities to represent Autralia in both the pool and open water – or the other nominees

There are professional escort pilots in the sport. There are professional swimmers in the sport. There are professional event promoters in the sport. There are professional agents in the sport. There are professional coaches in the sport. So professional kayakers makes sense. As any sport develops and emerges from a niche sport to an activity