To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
A third-year student at Utah State University, Joelle Beard used music and sounds to help her across the English Channel, a feat she did in 12 hours 17 minutes in September this year. She hummed classical musical to herself as motivation and entertainment during her swim and stopped every 30 minutes to the sound of […]
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When the leading men from the extreme world of ice swimming stand in public in their swimming briefs, they re are impressive for their relative slender builds. None of them can be said to be obese or even relatively overweight. Rather, compared to the average middle-aged man, these hardened souls are defined as extraordinarily fit
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Myrtle Huddleston was an American open water swimmer who learned how to swim late in life, at the age of 30 in 1926, and then continued on to a remarkable marathon swimming career. The media was occasionally brutal in its description of the 240 lb. (109 kg) mother of one, but Huddleston earned prize money
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Of some of the world’s best vacation islands, several have established open water swims: Bali in Indonesia, Maui in Hawaii, Jamaica in the Caribbean, Hvar in Croatia, and Aruba off Venezuela offer open water swims, short and far, fitness and competitive. Others such as Boracay in the Philippines, Bora Bora in French Polynesia, Anguilla in
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Frosty the ice swimmer was a jolly happy soul, Stroking away polarized goggles and a dab of lanolin With two swim buddies, not his kin. Frosty the snowman is a real swimmer, they say, He swims in sleet and cold, but the children Know he heads to shore every day. There must be magic in
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In cooperation with Strel Swimming Adventures, the Bled Tourist Board is hosting the Winter Swimming Bled Cup (or the Lake Bled Winter Swimming Cup) in Lake Bled, Slovenia on February 23rd 2013 where the water temperature is expected to be 3-4°C (37-39°F). The distances and strokes include the 25m breaststroke, 25m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 50m
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Martin Strel will present his ultra marathon swimming adventures during January and February 2013 in 20 different towns throughout Switzerland. The multi-media show is called Amazonas Schwimmer and is made in co-production with Swiss Multivision company dia.ch. Tickets are available here. The show dates and venues are listed below. *St. Gallen, Forum im Pfalzkeller, Klosterhof
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Megan Melgaard has been working with an amazing boy who suffered a massive brain hemorrhage at the age of 8. His remarkable story – in and out of the water – is one of courage and a fire within his soul supported by his family and friends. After young Will Penn experienced a significant brain
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If open water swimmers want to enjoy swimming 4 km a day for 7 days in the stunning Gulf of Kotor, a United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization World Heritage Site, as well as exploring white stone fishing villages and secluded bays, swimming through the turquoise waters of Plava Spilja (Blue Grotto) cave, visiting historical
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Maury McKinney, Vice President of the White Mountain Aquatic Foundation, explained the benefits of swimming in a passionately eloquent interview a few days before his 26 hour 18 minute two-way crossing of Lake Winnipesaukee. As a coach of the local swimming club in Intervale, New Hampshire, McKinney also takes his athletes for open water training
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