Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Thinking way, way outside the box way, way out into the future in the open water swimming world, below are some uniquely bizarre products that might be cool to see or use in later part of the 21st century or perhaps beyond: 1. Swimsuit Sans Strings: For men, these […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International European-Asian Amateur Aquatic Competition offers standard pool swimming races (25m – 1500m distances in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and individual medley held in Athens, Greece between 6 – 10 June 2018 at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex and open water swims including 25m super sprint, 750m, 1.5

Courtesy of Jess Miller, @jenreviews. Open water swimmers know and enjoy the benefits of swimming, but it is always good to read a synopsis of all the health and wellness benefits of aquatic exercise. Jess Miller of @jenreviews wrote a lengthy and comprehensive article about the health benefits of swimming. Read on here where she

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sue Dyson has a clear goal in mind when it comes to the inaugural St. Lucia Channel Swim, a 34 km swim between St. Lucia in the south and Martinique in the north. “Our goal is to be the pre-eminent warm water epic swim globally. We have the participation

Photo courtesy of Aldis Toome, Tallinn, Estonia. Yaroslav Pronin from Vitebsk, Belarus [in blue jammers] has a body type developed by and built for a sprinter in a warm pool – but his preferred venue is a 25m pool in near freezing water temperatures. He won the 25m, 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle races at

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. International Swimming Hall of Famer Rowdy Gaines and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Yuko Matsuzaki of Japan will present the details of the upcoming UANA Pan American Masters Championships that will be held in July and August in Orlando, Florida with over 5,000 athletes expected to compete. The