Courtesy of Mohammed Sofian Ismail, Pulau Perhentian Besar, Malaysia. Mohammed Sofian Ismail from Malaysia summarized, “Open water swimming is a very new sport in Malaysia, but we are proud of a recent inaugural event that we believe will be much loved by the world’s open water swimming community in the future.” His passion knows no […]

Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services, Carlingford, Ireland. Pádraig Mallon of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services announced the registration opening for the annual HITtheWALL, a 3-day open water swimming clinic between May 25th-28th 2018 that offers preparation for swimmers on their physical and mental limits, safety issues, hydration, nutrition, learning,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Karen Mason MISCP is an Irish open water swimmer, a physiotherapist, and the founder of Wild Atlantic Physiotherapist who runs Swim Out of Pain workshops. Mason explains, “The Swim Out of Pain workshops focus on helping the injured swimmer, complete beginners, or swimmers undergoing an injury-preventive exercise program. Areas

Courtesy of John Tierney and S. Wine, Serpentine Swimming Club. Spanish open water swimmer Daniel Martinez Lobo from the Serpentine Swimming Club in London was the first person in the world to complete the Chorizo Four, a four-part marathon swim series, in 2015. The four swims of the Chorizo Four includes the 22.3 km Neda

Courtesy of Ned Denison, Cork Distance Week. Philip Hodges from Australia became the first person to complete the Triple Loch. The Triple Loch a swim across the three longest lochs in Scotland.​ In 2014, he completed a 34.8 km crossing of Loch Lomond in 13 hours 1 minute 7 seconds [photo on left]. In 2017,

Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services. While the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a current goal for many contemporary swimmers, swims across the English Channel and Catalina Channel and around Manhattan Island in New York was a new spin on an old goal. The Original Triple Crown is defined

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced a number of inductees of the Class of 2018 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame award recipients this week. * Trent Grimsey (Australia), see article here * Rohan More (India), see article here * Jacques Tuset (France), see article here

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Merck & Co., Inc., is an American pharmaceutical company. As one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, it announced it was giving the largest single donation in open water swimming history. Swim Across America received the US$3 million contribution that will be used to fund cancer research