Penny Palfrey shows a few of her Portuguese Man-o-War wounds after reaching land on Kauai, but her smile remains despite her disappointment in not completing her 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel attempt between the islands of Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii. Photos below by Bill Goding, one of her paddlers, show Penny greasing up before the start […]

Lewis Pugh, one of the world’s greatest aquatic adventurers of the modern era, will be instantaneously informing the world’s media and his followers about his assault on Mount Everest that will culminate in his 1K swim in a glacial lake at over 17,000 feet (nearly 6,000 meters) up the highest mountain on Earth in what

Catalina Channel Swimming Federation is offering Observer + CPR Training Sessions in San Diego on May 1st and in Los Angeles on May 15th. Participants who bring their USMS membership card will walk away certified in CPR and will receive a Catalina Channel Official Observer Toolkit together with a 2010 membership. The training session includes

Since its beginning in 1949 as part of the Kelowna Regatta, the 2.1K Across The Lake Swim in Lake Okanagan in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada has always been a favorite event for swimmers from the Okanagan and beyond. Over 400 swimmers of the ages from 19 to 75 – some with wetsuits, others without –

Paul Hopfensperger, founder of the International Open Water Swimming Association (IOWSA) announced that IOWSA found and now owns the original 1904 Solid Silver Butlins Trophy for the swim across The Wash. IOWSA‘s first sanctioned swim will be Paul‘s swim across The Wash on the east coast of England from Hunstanton to Skegness in September. Paul

In San Felix, Venezuela, 805 swimmers started to cross the Orinoco River where it means the Caroni River in the 3.1K (1.9-mile), but only 520 reached the finish after fighting currents in one of the world’s largest rivers. In a credit to the diligence of the safety patrols and organizers, they 290 swimmers were pushed

As Penny Palfrey stepped off of Kaena Point on the northwest side of Oahu swimming away from the capital island of Hawaii, her husband Chris was swimming towards Oahu from Molokai. Chris did the First Family of Marathon Swimming well by setting a new Molokai Channel record in 12:53, a feat that has only been

Naji Ali, a member of Naji Ali, has two upcoming swims in San Francisco Bay in support of the Josh Project that encourages low income and disadvantaged youth – in particular kids of color – to swim and learn about water safety. Naji will first swim 9 miles (13.6K) in the Pt. Bonita to Bay