To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
The African continent is the land of extremes. From Cape Town to Cairo, from Ghana to Kenya, the differences in the continent’s open water swims are vast. The marine life ranges from hippos to Great White Sharks and the events take place in dams, rivers and along its countless majestic coastlines. Races range from hugely […]
Swimming With Buff In Boneyards, Shell Festival Sea Swim Read More »
The HiBot ACM-R5H is an amphibious 1.75-meter snake robot developed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology…with a camera in its head (module). Thinking about future applications in the open water swimming world, the amphibious robot could serve a purpose by seeking out swarms of jellyfish (or curious sharks) ahead of swimmers (either on a practice swim
It’s Only A Sea Snake. Not. Read More »
“It is an incredible feeling when you dive into the water …the water is 0°C. The most immediate reaction is massive, massive hyper-ventilation. And then following that, you start losing feeling in all your fingers and all your toes… …extreme pain,” explains Lewis Pugh about his 18-minute 1 km swim in Petermann Island off the
When Ink Freezes Over, You’re At The End Of The Earth, Read More »
Open water swimming camps are increasingly being held all over the world and can refer to informal or formal clinics, seminars, training camps, conferences, webinars or get-togethers where open water coaches and swimmers discuss, train and learn from one another. The camps often include professional and volunteer open water swimming coaches as well as related professionals
Open Water Swimming Camps And Clinics Read More »
On November 23rd, the Friday after the American Thanksgiving holiday, a group of swimmers completed a tradition for the Aulea Swim Club on Oahu. They swam across the Auau channel from the island of Lanai to Maui. The Hawaiian word ‘Aulea’ means ‘swimming together harmoniously’ and describes exactly how these 11 swimmers crossed the Maui
Swimming Harmoniously From Lanai To Maui Read More »
Maxim and Cytomax. Kale and chia seeds. Coffee and hot chocolate. Open water swimmers and triathletes swear by a lot of different hydration formulas and nutritional fuels, but we admit that these Sea Tangle Snacks – slightly roasted Korean seaweed with sesame oil and sea salt – truly melted in our mouth. It may not
Eating Green From The Sea Read More »
Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
Santa’s Reindeer Gets Lost And Rescued In The Open Water Read More »
Swimmers can donate funds, and lend a hand and their collective voices to the increasing attention and initiatives to help improve the health of the world’s oceans. But there is nothing like money and power in today’s society that can help turn the tide on mankind’s impact on the environment. Lewis Pugh gave a speech
Swimmers Are No Ordinary People Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Channel swimmers do it. Marathon swimmers do it. Professional swimmers do it. Coaches do it all the time And so do evidently thousands of adult swimmers do it: Logging their miles swum during training in the pool and open water. But there are a select group of men and
When The SUN Comes Up, They Keep Swimming Read More »
The weather is dropping, the clothes are coming off, and the bioprene is showing. The sport of open water swimming has been showcased in Windermere, the largest lake in England, for decades. Just not in the middle of winter. But that is going to change on February 2nd 2013. [Read more…] Copyright © 2012 by
Chilling Out In The Lake District Read More »