Courtesy of Achilleas Tsimpogiannis, Spetses mini Marathon, Spetses, Greece. Spetses mini Marathon has been the largest multi-sport event in Greece since 2011, including more than 10,000 participants, held in the picturesque island of Spetses, only 2.5 away hours from Athens and El. Venizelos Airport. This past month, the 5 km race featured a start and […]

Courtesy of Ioannis Kifonidis, Halkidiki, Greece. Above the pre-production poster for a motion picture called A Swim Across that was inspired by the Swimming Across the Toroneos Gulf. The film was written by Ioannis Kifonidis and will be directed by Dimitris Giouzepas. Filming will take place during May 2019 with a planned release in spring

Courtesy of Dr. Wallace “J” Nichols, Monterey Bay, California. The Blue Mind Experience (BMx) is a workshop meant for water students, researchers, and practitioners on California’s Monterey Bay. Participants will discuss and study the value of clean, healthy, wild waterways and oceans through the perspective of neuroscience and psychology. Expert guest lectures and class time

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australians do not seem to get enough of the open water: Swimmers keep swimming. Coaches keep increasing. Volunteers keep helping out. Race directors keep organizing. On January 20th, the Optus Swim Sydney Harbour will be held by one of Australia’s most iconic landmarks. In the picturesque Farm Cove, a

Courtesy of Swim Channel, Travessia do Canal de Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil. 900 swimmers participated in fourth Travessia do Canal de Ilhabela on November 5th. Brazilian Olympian Allan do Carmo and Betina Lorscheitter won the male and female races. The Travessia do Canal de Ilhabel can be held in a southern course, an eastern course,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Seti Afoa of Samoa Events announced the nominees for the Samoa Events Male Athlete of the Year that included two ocean swimmers Voting will open next week using a Monkey Survey link. Sitivi So’oa’emalelagi, a 17-year-old Samoan from Vailele, participated in the 22.3 km Apolima Strait Swim from Upolu

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Seti Afoa of Samoa Events announced the nominees for the Samoa Events Athletes of the Year. Voting will open next week using a Monkey Survey link. Christina Harris, a 54-year-old from Nelson, New Zealand, is one of the nominees for the Athlete of the Year who will receive a

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ruben Gonzales [shown above] from Buenos Aires, Argentina has been swimming in cold water since 2012. After swimming across the Beagle Channel in 2013 between Argentina and Chile in 8°C, he swam 2.5 km in 7°C water near the Perito Moreno glacier located at the very south of Argentina.

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The documentary film Kim Swims started its film festival tour at the Mill Valley Film Festival, California and then headed over to the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Arkansas. This weekend the film about Kimberley Chambers is shown in Portland, Oregon. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water