The Joy of Swimming with the Lough Ree Orcas
Colm Daly and Ger Moore created the Lough Ree Orcas swim group to encourage people to safely enjoy swimming in the open water.
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Ice Dippers Formalize Their Competitive Community at the Minnesota Ice Swim and Plunge
Two-time Olympic medalist Cody Miller, Merle Liivand, and JB Lanza headlined the 1st Minnesota Ice Swim and Plunge on February 22nd in a 25m pool carved out of the Lake Johana
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Going Down The Glomma in the GlommaDyppen
One of the World’s Top 100 Rivers Swims, the GlommaDyppen in Norway includes the 2 km Loffer’n, the 6 km Elvenøkken, and the 11 km Fløter’n races held in August.
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What Are The World’s Top 100 River Swims?
What are the World’s Top 100 River Swims? Share your favorite river swims and canal swims to update the 2025 edition
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142 And Counting For Bill Welzien – The Septuagenarian With a Remarkable Streak
Bill Welzien completed his 142nd career 20.1 km circumnavigation swim around Key West in southern Florida – a remarkable feat and streak for the dynamic 74-year-old.
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Out of White Comes The Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival
The 11th annual Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival will be held on February 20-24 in Newport, Vermont in a pool carved out of the frozen Lake Memphremagog
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Hero of Peru Honored by the Travesía Ruta Olaya
Eduardo Collazos Valle has completed 13 consecutive Travesía Ruta Olaya swims and is on the verge of completing the Oceans Seven, the first by a Peruvian swimmer
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Ernie Hoftyzer On Getting Started and Keep Going
Ernie Hoftyzer explains a number of triggers throughout his career that have spurned him on to complete different marathon swims and channel crossings.
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Rob Woodhouse, Six Down, One To Go for the Oceans Seven
Rob Woodhouse, an Olympic swimmer and CEO of Swimming Australia, is one channel crossing from achieving the Oceans Seven. He talks about his journey.
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Tina Neill Has A Dream Swim, Big Island of Hawaii to Maui
Michael Spalding, who was the last person to successfully crossed the Alenuihāhā Channel from the Big Island of Hawaii to Maui in 2011, reported that fellow Hawaii channel swimmer Tina Neill (USA, 59, MSF bio here) realized a dream swim from the very isolated Upolu Point on the island of Hawaii to Kaupō, a similarly remote,
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