Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. Aleksandra Ewa Bednarek and Hanna Bakuniak, two young Polish swimmers, used their time and resources wisely on their trip out to the west coast of the United States. Bednarek swam against the wind and swell from Sacred Cove on the Southern California mainland to Doctor’s Cove

Courtesy of World Clinic, American Swimming Coaches Association, Anaheim, California. The 50th World Clinic hosted by the American Swimming Coaches Association on September 4th – 9th in Anaheim, near Disneyland, California, will include a comprehensive 4-hour presentation on Coaching Open Water Swimming by Steven Munatones. He explains, “The presentation will start off by explaining the

Courtesy of Uminchu Club, Tokyo, Japan. Teruko Onuki has done a lot in her life in the open water. The 56-year-old Tokyo native has kayaked 3,500 km down the Amazon River over 45 days. She has run a program for Morinaga Foods to help Japanese children become comfortable in the sea over the past two

Courtesy of Ron Collins, Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, Florida. There are all kinds of bucket swims from the Oceans Seven to the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming (English Channel + Catalina Channel + Manhattan Island Marathon Swim or 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim). In 2015, Ron Collins, the race director of the Tampa Bay Marathon

Courtesy of WOWSA, Manhattan Island, New York. The Bridges Manhattan Island Swim, a 45.9 km circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York City, always attracts a personable group of athletes. This weekend’s group of 15 swimmers included swimmers from the United States, Romania, the Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Mexico and the UAE.

Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Kuroshio Current, Pacific Ocean. After over a month break due to squalls and storms, Ben Lecomte is back swimming steadily and strongly on his 8,721 km transoceanic stage swim. Over the last 5 days, he has swum a total of 26.87 nautical miles on August 22nd, 23.9 nautical miles on August

Courtesy of Elliot Karlan Photography, RCP Tiburon Mile, San Francisco Bay, California. Elliot Karlan Photography provided beautiful photography of the start and finish of the RCP Tiburon Mile that was recently won by Olympic champion Ferry Weertman over David Heron and Ricardo Vargas. The photo above shows Weertman beginning to run up the shore to