Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Local speedster Aukai Lileikis placed 8th overall in the uber-competitive Waikiki Roughwater Swim, finishing in 56:09. The 19-year-old out-paced his uncle Thomas Lileikis (58:59) and his 54-year-old father, a two-time winner of the event (1981 and 1982), Joe Lileikis, 99th in 1:13:38, his 32nd career race across Waikiki. It […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Airbnb, Uber and CouchSurfing are well-known by travelers and vacationers around the world, there is another service that can appeal to open water swimmers, watermen and waterwomen in the United States: Boatbound. Uber is a technology company in San Francisco that operates local car transportation and food delivery

Photos of Lewis Pugh, courtesy of Kelvin Trautman. Lewis Pugh talks about his toughest swims over the past 30 years here. “It is a fascinating summary of the non-obvious challenges that Lewis has faced over this career,” comments Steven Munatones. “With his swims on Mount Everest or at the North Pole, one would expect his

Courtesy of Bob Weir, Solo Swims of Ontario, Canada. The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in North America on the Canada–United States border. The Great Lakes consists of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario and form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, containing 21%

Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. The top swimmers shot out fast in the warm waters of Waikiki Beach on the 48th annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim. It was a tough, tactical battle in turbulent conditions where 4-time Waikiki Roughwater Swim champion Rhys Mainstone from Australia overcame Japanese 2-time Olympian Yasunari Hirai and defending

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On August 20th-21st, Marilyn Korzekwa swam the 21.25 mile (34.2 km) length of Lake Tahoe from Camp Richardson in the south to Hyatt Beach, Incline village in the north in 17 hours 2 minutes. She becomes the first Canadian and oldest woman (at 60 years 136 days) to swim

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Their family ties may not be direct, but their love of the open water has been consistent over decades. With Marcia Cleveland‘s latest 11 hour 26 minute marathon swim across Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, her exploit brought attention to the swimming exploits of American swimmers

Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Valisa Saunders first did the Waikiki Roughwater Swim in 1981 while she was visiting Oahu on vacation. But over the decades, she has entered all the 2.4-mile ocean swims since 1984 with only a few exceptions. The 63-year-old ocean swimming veteran currently leads the WRS finish course

Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Alex Kostich is always smiling before an open water competition. But his mellow veneer hides his very competitive nature. This morning on Kaimana Beach, he will line up with 99 other fast swimmers in the elite heat of the 2.4-mile Waikiki Roughwater Swim, nearly all of them