To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Robert and Beth Margalis joined a global pantheon of husband-and-wife open water swimming pairs who are successful nearly every time they hit the open water. Like Penny and Chris Palfrey, Angela Maurer and Nikolai Evseev, Nacho Grignaschi and Noelli Petti, Damian Blaum and Esther Nuñez, Pilar Geijo and Diego Tricárico, Mike and Cynthia Lewis, Sally […]
Margalis Duo Wins Don Burns Swim In Corona del Mar Read More »
Some swimmers do not want to look below them in the ocean. They do not want to see anything floating or swimming below them. And some do not want to see what is coming at them. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
Oh I Don’t Want To Look Read More »
This weekend, Olympic silver medalist Haley Anderson is going home to Granite Bay in northern California this weekend. But she will be back and continue training with Dave Salo and Catherine Vogt at the Trojan Swim Club in Los Angeles. Anderson is simply going home as part of USA Swimming Athlete Partnership Program that will
Haley Anderson Is Going Home Read More »
The Sun-Moon Lake Ten-Thousand Swimming Carnival is simply massive. Like its counterpart open water swimming events in South Africa (aQuellé Midmar Mile), Great Britain (British Gas Great North Swim), Sweden (Vansbrosimningen), Turkey (Boğazıçi Kitalararasi Yarislari), and Australia (Rottnest Channel Swim), the cross-lake event is a giant celebration of open water swimming. Held on September 8th
When Big Is Huge: Sun-Moon Lake Swimming Carnival Read More »
The current record at the 117.6 km Lake Toba Festival – World Super Swim is 28 hours 33 minutes, the cumulative time for the 3-day circumnavigation around Samosir Island in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Indonesian national open water swimming team members who set the record include (left to right) Eliza Delanira, Chris Guesdon (Safety Delegate),
World Super Swim Record Holders Read More »
FINA posted its updated rules incorporating the changes voted for during the FINA Congress held in conjunction with the 2013 FINA World Championships. The updated technical rules for the 2013-2017 period, effective September 15th 2013, are posted here.
New FINA Rules Posted Read More »
Kimberly Chambers writes in her blog about Buried Treasures. Turning to look out at my crew, I am exhausted and dazed. I feel as if I have just emerged from the recovery room, post-surgery. Though now awake from the general anesthesia, the mental “fogging” effects of the drugs are still very much in effect. Without
Kimberly Chambers’ Buried Treasures Read More »
51-year-old Irene van der Laan, an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame from the Netherlands, will be swimming in her 20th Faros Maratón, the 16 km Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championships this coming Saturday. One of the fastest and most durable marathon swimmers in her heyday, she has been competing
Irene Van Der Laan Participates For Ages Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christine Jennings is traveling throughout Europe like many of recent American college graduates, hanging out at resorts and beaches, soaking up the sun, enjoying the sights, and making a wide network of international friends. But while the young adults are enjoying vacation and leisure, Jennings heads to the cool,
Christine Jennings Stars In Stari Grad Read More »
He certainly keeps his competition constantly guessing. Where will he swim? What will he swim? Is he training? Ous Mellouli has the singlehanded ability to completely change the perspective of any race he enters and the strategies employed by his competition. Does his competition take it out fast and hope to take the sprint out
Ous Mellouli Headlines Faros Maraton Read More »