Courtesy of Vasanti Niemz, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Abhejali Bernardová is a runner-turned-swimmer and member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team from Zlin, Czech Republic. She became the 10th person in history to complete the Oceans Seven channels. In addition to achieving the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, five International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmens, and completing

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The greatest swimmer and Hollywood icon Johnny Weissmuller was born in the Banat area of Serbia. The birthplace of the dual inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame is located close to the location of the 1.5 km and 3

Courtesy of Lucas Rivet, Río de la Plata, Asociación Cruce a Nado Río de la Plata. Damián Blaum has been around a long, long time. The 36-year-old recently crossed the Río de la Plata, a tough 42.2 km swim from Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay to Punta Lara in Argentina in 9 hours 6 minutes

Recollection courtesy of Barry Watson; photo courtesy Daily Mail from January 6th 1963. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer Barry Watson recalls ice swims that he and other hardened swimmers used to do on the first Sunday of the year during the 1960s. “The Open Swim was held on the first Sunday of

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Wallace J. Nichols is the CEH₂O – or Chief Evangelist for Water – for the Santa Cruz, California-based water-monitoring and -saving device company called Buoy Labs, Inc. The marine biologist explains his role with the company. “I’ve worked worldwide to change the conversation about water, for good. I’ve

Courtesy of WOWSA, Kailua Beach, Oahu. English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Manhattan Island and Ederle marathon swimmer Michael Miller of Honolulu has a habit of training with long board shorts during his long ocean training sessions to create extra drag. But he also drags around a lot more than heavy board shorts during this