Courtesy of Surfline, Mavericks, California. Whether it is freedivers going deep below the ocean’s surface, ice swimmers plunging into below freezing water temperatures, marathon swimmers swimming for days, or surfers gliding down mountainous waves, the ocean offers all kinds of extreme conditions in which athletes can push themselves. The Mavericks Challenge, a Big Wave World

Courtesy of Kevin Light. Three-time Canadian Olympian Stephanie Horner of Beaconsfield, Quebec has proved herself in the pool and she is gradually proving herself in the open water. Horner finished 8th in the 10 km race at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Chiba, Japan to earn Swimming Canada’s Female Open Water Swimmer of

Courtesy of Michael Teys, Sydney, Australia. The inaugural Australian Channel Swimmer’s Dinner was held on November 17th at the MUA/ITF Conference Center in Sydney. Michael Teys hosted the event. “We celebrated Australian long distance swimmers and their crew. We recognized this year’s Oceans Seven swimmer and Triple Crown of Open Water Swimmers while paying tribute

Courtesy of Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. South African Ram Barkai was one of the inaugural honorees of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. It is no surprise that Barkai was recognized as an Honor Swimmer and Honor Contributor – Administrator by the new organization founded by several luminaries in the ice swimming community, led

Courtesy of Marc-Antoine Olivier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “With 200 meters to go in Copacabana Beach, I was very excited about the probability of earning an Olympic medal,” said Marc-Antoine Olivier. Ultimately over the last stretch of all-out sprinting in a tight pack of 8 swimmers, the then 21-year-old French open water swimmer earned a