FINA will conduct an all-day open water swimming seminar at its 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships in Roberval, Canada on July 19th for its guests including athletes, coaches, trainers, physicians and team leaders participating in the championships. The seminar, hosted by Flavio Bomio of Switzerland (shown on left) will include presentations and discussions with […]

Only 1,000 entrants are available at the British Gas Great London Swim that may fill up by early June. The British Gas Great London Swim takes place in the Royal Victoria Dock on July 3rd and includes celebrities and Olympic medalists. The list of great swimmers is growing with Olympians Keri-Anne Payne, Cassie Patten, triple

These photos by Forrest Nelson of Penny Palfrey’s 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel attempt between the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii shows the ups and downs of open ocean swimming. Up and down Penny went – right from the start on Oahu where she faced immediate shore break and the relentless ocean turbulence for over

Smithwick’s StingMate®, one of the sponsors of the Global Open Water Swimming Conference and the Open Water Pursuit that is part of the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championship weekend just came out with another useful product: a Stingray Relief Kit. All open water swimmers know to shuffle their feet as they enter the

To date, 38 Special Olympics athletes who specialize in open water swimming from Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, El Salvador, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Korea, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore and South Africa are entered in the 2011 World Summer Games in the new 1.5K open water swim. The 1.5K open water race will

As the Northern Hemisphere ambles into summer, 2008 Olympian Luis Escobar and Alejandra González won the Mexican national 10K championships in beautiful Puerto Vallarta. Luis won in 2:11:23, seven seconds ahead of Rodrigo Elorza and 90 seconds ahead of Ivan Lopez (shown on left). Luis declined the opportunity to represent Mexico at the 2010 World

David Quartermain, a Manchester, England-based coach, will offer open water swimming sessions (USwim) throughout the summer months in Salford and Boundary Park. The weekly sessions will be held at Dock9, Salford Quays, next to the new Media City development and at Boundary Water Park. Amazingly enough, according to a recent survey by Sport England, swimming

If there is anyone who is training properly, diligently and passionately for their upcoming marathon swim, it has got to be Karen Rogers. Karen is preparing for her 30-mile solo swim from the Farallons Islands to Aquatic Park in San Francisco. Tides, cold (low 50°F / 10°C water) and sharks are a few of her

Radio host Beth-Ann Kozlovich will conduct a fascinating interview with Penny and Chris Palfrey on the Hawaii Public Radio‘s Town Square program today at 5:00 – 6:00 pm Hawaii time. Listen to KIPO 89.3 FM in Hawaii or via a live stream accessible via Hawaii Public Radio. Beth explains, “Penny and Chis Palfrey are helping