The world’s foremost marathon swimming historian, Captain Tim Johnson, provided interesting historical background on the emergence of open water swimming on the national level in America. In August 1925, then-American President Calvin Coolidge sponsored the national open water swimming championship in the Potomac River over a 3-mile course. It was an annual event, called the […]

Swimming World Magazine made its annual open water swimming forecasts for 2010 in its January issue. Its predictions last year proved to be true with the global growth of invitational pro events (from the King of the Sea Challenge in Brazil to the King of Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa) and the massive increase

The 6.5K International Bosphorus Swim (Boğazıçi) from Asia to Europe will hold its 22nd race in July 2010. Swimmers cross the Bosphorus (or Bosporus, Βόσπορος in Greek, İstanbul Boğazı in Turkish),from the north to the south. With the course so wide, the swimmer obviously decide to swim off in different directions. The Boğazıçi is a

The 2010 Oceania 5K and 10K Swimming Championships will be held in Faleausiu on the island of Upolu, a large volcano in Samoa in June. Less than a year after the population of Upolu was victimized by a massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami in September 2009, we are very happy to see Samoa

Ron Collins, founder of the 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim commented on our previous story on the Greatest Fears of Open Water Swimming. Ron asked about the bottom and how many injuries are caused by open water swimmers cutting themselves on a sharp rock or on coral as they get in or out of the

Swimming World Magazine wrote about the key movers and shakers within the sport of swimming in the USA. Sid Cassidy, was identified as the Open Water Swimming Guru, within USA Swimming, a description richly deserved. We have frequently referred to Sid as Mr. Open Water due to his influence and passionate behind-the-scenes work at the