Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “When I think about the news we receive daily, endlessly, on our phones, read online, listen on the radio, and see on TV, it is often emotional, sensational and pessimistic, at least in the United States,” observes Steven Munatones. “Tweets, retweets, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, blog posts with […]

Courtesy of Nadadores de Aguas Frias, Patagonia, Argentina. Camilo ‘Aguasfrias’ Lopez is on a mission. She teaches safety, inspires newcomers and organizes cold water swimming events for NAF Argentina or the Nadadores de Aguas Frias (Cold Water Swimmers). The organization was created in 2008 by three friends who used to go fishing on the banks

Courtesy of WOWSA, Lakawon Island, Negros Occidental, Philippines. H2Oman Openwater Lakawon is held on Lakawon Island, Negros Occidental in the Philippines on April 28th. It offers 1.5 km, 2.5 km, 5 km and 10 km races. For more information for the H2OMAN Openwater Swim Series that is organized by Moi Yamoyam for beginner and experienced

Courtesy of WOWSA, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada. Spirit Orcas is coached by Susan Simmons who has been making waves throughout her marathon swimming career. Simmons added coaching and inspiration to her responsibilities. Spirit Orcas include six Special Olympics athletes. The sextet including Ben Van Lierop, Dixon McGowan, Drew Sabourin, Cheyenne Furlong Goos, Maria

Courtesy of Alex Kostich, Pitcairn Island, Pacific Ocean. Originally scheduled for early April, Alex Kostich had an unexpected logistical delay in getting to Pitcairn Island in the middle Pacific Ocean. He had to postpone his planned circumnavigation swim around Pitcairn. But the attempt was rescheduled and one of the world’s fastest veterans is right back

Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia. Alexander Brylin, president of Association of Cold Swimming in Russia, is organizing the International Swim across the La Pérouse Channel, an unprecedented 40 km international relay between Sakhalin Island, Russia and Hokkaido in northern Japan this summer. Brylin explains, “The swim will be held July 15th – 20th 2019.

Courtesy of Leszek Naziemiec, Katowice, Poland. Leszek Naziemiec is accomplished to say the least. The 45-year-old Polish ice swimmer (with two Ice Miles and 8 Ice Kilometers to date), winter swimmer, Iron Iceman, Ironman triathlete, the event director of the Polish Championships in Winter Swimming 1 km IISA, expedition leader, is an artist and was

Courtesy of Traversée, lac St. Jean, Quebec, Canada. The dates of the 2019 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean announced its dates: July 20th: 1 km, 2 km, 5 km, 10 km Uniprix Maîtres [see here] July 21st: 10 km FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series/CNSG [see here] July 23rd: 25m, 50m, 100m, 1 km relay Défi