Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Six years ago today, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Stephen Redmond completed a 22 hour 29 minute swim across the Moloka’i Channel. After leaving Papohako Beach on Molokai Island at 6:00 pm and swimming through the night, he finished at China Walls at 5:59 pm the […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chris Morgan is the Head Coach Crimson Aquatics, the race director of the 40th annual Gloucester Clean Harbor Swim and the Beverly Shark Swim, a board member of the World Open Water Swimming Association, and served as the head coach of the Switzerland Olympic Swim Team at the 2008

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jack and Calum Hudson are among the 600 participants in the 2018 Red Bull Neptune Steps on March 10th in Glasglow. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. MED WAVE Swim Adventure is a swim holiday company offering its services in Greece founded and managed by Spyros Rois, a Greek open water swimmer and physical education teacher. Veteran American marathon swimmer Lori King said, “I had the pleasure of swimming with Spyros Rois and meeting his lovely

Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Winchester, Hampshire, UK. The President and founder of the International Ice Swimming Association Ram Barkai announced Murmansk, Russia as the host city for the Ice Swimming World Championships 2019 on March 14th – 17th. Swimmers from 30 countries are expected to be represented at the 2019 championships. Reigning world

Courtesy of SWIMERA, Tallinn, Estonia. One of the world’s most renown ice swimmers is Henri Kaarma of Estonia. The mild-mannered, seriously-minded athlete has been on top of his ice swimming game for years and was selected as the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year. Not only has the banker known as The

Courtesy of Swimming World Magazine. Mark Weber, Van Donkersgoed, Natalie Coughlin Hall, Anthony Ervin, Aaron Peirsol, Davis Tarwater, Derek Paul, and 2005 world 10 km champion Chip Peterson, issued the following letter as athlete representatives regarding the recent media coverage of the sexual abuse issues faced by USA Swimming: USA Swimming Board of Directors Athlete

Courtesy of WOWSA, Tampa Bay Frogman Swim, Florida. Extreme sports seems to have more definitions and shades of meaning than simple words like ‘good’ or ‘cool’. When most people think of extreme sports, they generally think of ultra marathon running, triathlons, rowing across the Atlantic or cycling or cross-country skiing for very long distances. Climbing

Courtesy of Amanyara, Turks & Caicos. We were asked to visit this AMAN resort in Amanyara, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean Sea. Water, water, everywhere. How lovely can this visit be? The word “aman” means “peace, security, safety, shelter, protection” in the Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, Arabic, Urdu and Persian languages. Copyright © 2008-2018