Laura Colette explained the joy she experiences before, during and after she does open water swims: I woke up with 1 huge allergy/sinus headache and figured that 1 frontal lobotomy wouldn’t fix it. I have 2 giant schnauzers that needed to go out or I would have 1 massive mess. So I took 2 Nyquil […]

Chris Blakeslee, owner of Blakeslee & Crain Vineyard Advisors and Brokers in Sonoma, California, has an alter ego when he arrives in the San Francisco Bay: Sir El Sharko. We caught up with Sir El Sharko, shown below in slow motion, whose motto is ‘I never met a shark I didn’t like‘, after he got

Olympic 10K swimmer Ky Hurst represented the hopes of open water swimming when he was selected as one of the seven top athletes to participate in the television show, Australia’s Greatest Athlete. He ultimately placed sixth. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones

An entertaining 19-minute overview of the most popular open water swim on the East Coast, the 4.4-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim, can be seen here. Enjoy the show. The event is so popular, its lottery is a major deal for many of its enthusiasts. There is a mandatory log-on id for the entry process and,

A word to the very active Mid-Atlantic and East Coast open water swimming community: Open Water Swimming Virginia bloggers Allison, Caroline and Elizabeth reported that the annual Jack King Ocean Swim in Virginia Beach will be held on June 27th this year, one week later than usual. The 27th annual Jack King Ocean Swim honors

Yesterday, American Fran Crippen gutted out a furious finish to out-sprint South African Chad Ho and Bulgarian Petar Stoychev in the La Patagones Viedma in Argentina, the second FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup on the 2010 pro circuit, but the back story on his victory in the warm 22°C (72°F) waters of the Río

American Fran Crippen gutted out a furious finish and just out-sprinted South African Chad Ho and Bulgarian Petar Stoychev in the La Patagones Viedma in Argentina, the second FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup on the 2010 pro circuit. After finishing a disappointing 12th at last week’s FINA World Cup race in Santos, Brazil, Fran

A most remarkable man, father, husband and politician peacefully passed away in his sleep this week and we salute him. Mayor Frank Fasi was described as a firebrand, a trailblazer and a maverick – in a positively provocative, profound way. Throughout his long political career, including 22 years as the Mayor of the City &

Dr. Keith Bell, president and inspirational founder of the American Swimming Association, announced the 2010 ASA open water swimming calendar. The ASA open water swims are conducted in the beautiful hill country in and around Austin, Texas as part of Dr. Bell’s larger initiative to provide competitive opportunities for the pool and open water swimming

38-year-old artist and graphic designer Stephen Howard Schafer sadly passed away in southern Florida Wednesday due to two large shark bites in the first fatal shark attack in Florida in five years. Stephen, a former competitive surfer, died from blood loss after being bitten twice while kite-surfing offshore. While we mourn every loss of life