Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ram Barkai, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood and Andrew Chin became the first swimmers to traverse around Cape Horn at the tip of South America 7 years ago today. The five South Africans from Cape Town faced uncertain and dangerous conditions and were punished by strong currents and […]

Courtesy of END-WET from North Dakota to Minnesota. Daniel O’Kane was selected as the guest swimmer for the END-WET 2018. O’Kane was nominated by 5-time END-WET’er Landon Ascheman who said, “Last July, Daniel donned a wetsuit and left the south shore of Lake Superior. It was a few weeks before he stepped foot back on

Courtesy of Michelle Evans-Chase, Ph.D., Ocean City, New Jersey. A growing number of swimmers participate in solo and real marathon swims and open water charity events to make a positive impact on initiatives, topics, events and movements of their choice. Michelle Evans-Chase summarized 5 steps on how these swimmers and anyone with a passion can

Courtesy of Maxime Vanhollebeke, Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong. “We had a great race on February 4th in the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim and the 1.5 km Cold Plunge with both wetsuit and “naturally ocean” categories (skin),” said race director Doug Woodring. “The air temperature was a brisk 10°C at the start

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Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Winchester, Hampshire, UK. Ram Barkai of the International Ice Swimming Association will announce the name of the host city for the Ice Swimming World Championships 2019 on February 26th in Ashburton Hall, Winchester, United Kingdom from 5:30 pm. The announcement will be livestreamed on Facebook where some of the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “As a child growing up in a fishing family, big water and challenging conditions were the stories which always fascinated me,” recalls Nuala Moore. So it is not unusual that Moore is transitioning from competitive ice swimming races in a 25m pool to a triple swim adventure in Patagonia

Courtesy of Clean Lakes Alliance, southern Wisconsin. The Clean Lakes Alliance’s Shoreline Swim is held on Madison, Wisconsin on July 28th at Law Park (410 S. Blair Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703). Whether you are a competitive swimmer looking for a great training opportunity in our 1.2-mile or 2.4-mile event in the same waters where the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Corinna Nolan, the first Irish Ice Ironwoman, completed her second Ice Mile at Wild Water Armagh under the auspices of International Ice Swimming Association Ireland in 34 minutes 52 seconds in 4.2°C water and 8.5°C air temperature on February 18th. Nolan completed an Ironman triathlon in Austria in June