The Next Open Water Swimming Refuge?
Courtesy of We Are The Arctic, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Have Your Cake And Eat It Too on Coogee Island
Courtesy of OceanFit, Australia. The Coogee Island Challenge (Cool Water) is a 2.4 km ‘Once Around The Island’ course around Wedding Cake Island. For more information and registration, visit here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Ky Kinsela Beats Trent Grimsey Twice In One Day
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Coffs Harbour Ocean Swim at Jetty Beach, between Brisbane and Sydney in Australia, is a charity event with 150m, 300m, 600m and 2 km races across a beautiful protected harbour. At last year’s race, English Channel record holder Trent Grimsey came out of retirement to fire up his
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Kristof Rasovszky Win, Gregorio Paltrinieri Fourth In Eilat
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Setting the world record [in the 1500m freestyle] will definitely be one of the goals that I will try to achieve in the current season,” said 2016 Olympic gold medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri to FINA as he prepares for the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary this July. But
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Gender, Swimming & Health In The 20th Century
Courtesy of Marilyn Morgan, Consuming Cultures. Marilyn Morgan wrote another fascinating, historical overview about women’s swimwear and swimming opportunities in her blog Consuming Cultures. Read about Drowning in Culture: Gender, Swimming & Health In The 20th Century here. Photo from New York, circa August 1906 by G. C. Hovey, Mid Manhattan Picture Collection, Library of
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Ferry Weertman v. Gregorio Paltrinieri v. Jordan Wilimovsky
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is going to be a great summer with races including 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim champion Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands, 2016 Olympic 1500m champion Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy, and 2015 world champion Jordan Wilimovsky of the USA. Weertman is gearing up for another fast summer while Paltrinieri
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Rene Martínez Saenz Helps Exposure To Benefit Marine Life
Mexico Pelagico from Pelagic Life.Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rene Martínez Saenz is a 35-year-old Mexican pool and open water swimmer, currently training for a 20.2-mile crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2017 and a crossing of the English Channel in 2018. He collaborates with Pelagic Life, a Mexican NGO dedicated to shark conservation,
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XPRIZE Ocean Initiative’s Big Ocean Button Challenge
Courtesy of XPRIZE, Culver City, California. Matt Mulrennan, Manager of the XPRIZE Ocean Initiative, announced XPRIZE‘s Big Ocean Button Challenge. The Big Ocean Button Challenge is the title of this US$100,000 app development competition that can lead to turning ocean data into the products and services that mankind needs. XPRIZE spurs exponential change, serving as
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Listen To Women in the Open Water Tonight
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A panel discussion, hosted by Guila Muir on Women in the Open Water will be held tonight at the C & P Coffee Company at 5612 California Ave SW in Seattle, Washington. Muir explains, “Some amazing women swimmers in the Northwest made news and set records in 2016. Say
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