Bengisu Acvi Joins Open Water Luminaries Giving TED Talks
Bengisu Acvi of Turkey is among the open water swimming community who has given a TED Talk.
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Joyful In Jersey, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies
Ned Denison and Sally Minty Gravett, MBE are hosting nearly 100 luminaries from the global marathon swimming community at the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction weekend on Jersey.
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One Man Circles Iceland While The Other Circles Ireland
Ross Edgley is within 24 hours of starting his Great Icelandic Swim, a 1600 km circumnavigation swim around Iceland that is estimated to take him potentially over 100 days.
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Lewis Pugh Continues. From The Hudson River To Martha’s Vineyard
Lewis Pugh returns to the USA where he started his latest adventure, a 12-day stage swim around Martha’s Vineyard to highlight the plight of sharks around the world
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Over The Edge, Diary of a Daredevil: T-minus 1 for The Great Icelandic Swim
Ross Edgley is within 24 hours of starting his Great Icelandic Swim, a 1600 km circumnavigation swim around Iceland that is estimated to take him potentially over 100 days.
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148th Circumnavigation Swim for 75-year-old Bill Welzien Around Key West – The Streak Is Alive and Well
75-year-old Bill Welzien completed his 148th career 20.1 km circumnavigation swim around Key West in southern Florida – a remarkable feat that continues his unprecedented 34-year streak.
What Started with Leander and Continued with Lord Byron Is Now Available to You
A 22-year-old British poet replicated the mythical swim of Leander in 1810. His channel crossing between Europe and Asia set into motion the contemporary crossing of the Hellespont
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Mark Elsbury Shares His Passion for the Open Water from the English Channel to Mauritius
Mark Elsbury, a cancer survivor, has faced a difficult journey, but his love of the open water continues and is embodied in the Nando’s RLSS Open Water Swim in Mauritius
But Elsbury worked through that diagnosis.
He has been organizing and sponsoring the Nando’s Royal Life Saving Society Open Water Swim in Mauritius since 2013
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Over The Edge, Diary of a Daredevil: T-minus 3 for The Great Icelandic Swim
Ross Edgley is 3 days from starting his Great Icelandic Swim, a 1600 km circumnavigation swim around Iceland.
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A Greek First, Ice Swimming on Mount Cholomon
Eleftherios Tarkasis, George Mathas, Diogenis Tsonis, Tasos Papadopoulos, Vasilis Karatziovalis, Paraskevi Ougrenidou, and Michaela Fyrgadi helped organize the Cholomon Ice Swimming event, the first for Greece.
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