Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Faye Poenisch presented Bruce Wigo of the International Swimming Hall of Fame with the poster and a cigar that Fidel Castro left behind after visiting her husband Walter Poenisch‘s escort boat that would guide him from Cuba to Florida. At the age of 65, his

Courtesy of Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Masayuki Moriya of Ocean Navi reported Adrian Sarchet of Guernsey completed his sixth Oceans Seven channel on August 30th with his 14 hour 2 second crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido. His slow curving course is shown here which indicates he hit a tough, steady

Photos courtesy of Nicole Raymond. Information courtesy of Solo Swims of Ontario, Lake Ontario, USA-Canada. In the night of August 30th, Pat Gallant-Charette became the oldest person to successfully swim the traditional 50.5 km (31.4-mile) Marilyn Bell Route (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario to Marilyn Bell Park, Toronto) across Lake Ontario in a time of 24 hours 28

The documentary film Kim Swims premiered tonight in Mill Valley, California. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Story and photos courtesy of Phil White, Lake Willoughby, Vermont. Phil White, Director of the Kingdom Games and the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association, has won the bid to host the 2019 United States Masters Swimming Long Distance National Championship Festival 1 Mile and 5 Mile on August 16th and 17th 2019. “We anticipate

Courtesy of WOWSA, East Beach, Santa Barbara, California. The 2017 Reef & Run Series ends on August 31th with its Boat to Beach race. Race organizer Jane Cairns explains the logistics of the race that reached its maximum capacity, “The Condor Express boat will take the swimmers offshore to the water start at 6:00 pm.

Courtesy of Rohan More, Rashtrapati Bhavan, India. On August 29th on India’s National Sports day, the Honourable President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented marathon swimmer Rohan More with the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2016-2017 in the Water Adventure Category. “I would like to dedicate this award to my dear Mama ji Pralhad

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A tremendous amount of rain has fallen upon Houston over the last few days, wiping out the homes and properties of thousands of people as Hurricane Harvey swept across southern Texas like no other deluge seen before on American shores. While many thousands of families have lost everything, all

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last year, open water veteran Alain Barrucand won the Traversée de Nice 5 km race. Many others will have the opportunity to compete in the 500m, 1 km, 2 km and 5 km races at this year’s Traversée de Nice à la nage (Prom’Swim) in the Baies de Anges