To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
As the world goes round and the coastal areas of the globe get increasingly crowded, it is fascinating to learn how passionate people are bringing open water awareness and the joy of swimming to the next generation. From Bruckner Chase in Amerika Samoa and Shane Gould in Fiji to Nejib Belhedi in Tunisia and Saka […]
Open Water – Where Samoa, Tunisia, Fiji and Ghana Mix Read More »
The open water is a magical place. Lakes can be tranquil, oceans can be alluring, channels can be inviting. But, from the perspective of a single swimmer, the open water can also become suddenly turbulent and immediately troubling. Flip on a switch and channels turn to a lumpy mess that is impossible to cross for
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In 2003 the world’s elite had a tremendously competitive world championship race in Barcelona in an eye-catching urban setting. The men’s 25 km race was particularly close where race officials took nearly an hour to determine the gold, silver and bronze medalists in a photo finish between Petar Stoychev, David Meca and Yuri Kudinov. On
Scenic SwimBarcelona – Es Espectacular! Read More »
Diana Nyad completed her 24-hour training swim today in St Maarten in the northern Caribbean Sea in her custom FINIS protective swimsuit to shield her from the venomous box jellyfish. It was not an easy training swim as Nyad explains here. While Penny Palfrey is training on Grand Cayman and put in 100 km (62
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With so much global interest in Stephen Redmond‘s Tsugaru Channel attempt today, the Daily News of Open Water Swimming thought it would link a few of its previous articles about the Tsugaru Channel. The least known of the Oceans Seven waterways, the 19.5 km Tsugaru Channel is a fast-flowing, rough channel sandwiched between the main
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The marathon swimming world – and much of the Irish public – will be riveted to Stephen Redmond‘s courageous attempt to complete the Oceans Seven scheduled tonight at 9 pm GMT. He can be followed stroke-by-stroke by his GPS tracker here. Undoubtedly, Redmond will face the unexpected in his Tsugaru Channel attempt – facing cold
Why Stephen Redmond Will Do It…Why He Will Not Read More »
Tomasz Pąchalski reminds professional and amateur of the BCT Gdynia Marathon, a 18.5 km swim in Poland limited to 15 swimmers on August 26th. As one of the world’s longest open water swims, swimmers race from the Hel Peninsula to a beach of Gdynia for a prize pool of US$28,000 including two US$10,000 first prizes
Poland Pays Plenty Read More »
Swim Across America is, by far, the most successful open water swimming charity organization, having raised over $40,000,000 since its inception in 1987. And, its growth is continuing to steamroll upwards to the appreciation of its cancer research beneficiaries. “We had an incredible year last year, after coming off of 2010 with revenue growth of
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International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honouree Joe Grossman documented the history of the International Long Distance Swimming Federation, a group that briefly governed the emerging sport of professional marathon swimming in the 1960s. In April 1962, the International Long Distance Swimming Federation (ILDSF) published a magazine-like bulletin, printed in both English and Arabic. 9
Inside The International Long Distance Swimming Federation Read More »
Pools play a large role in the training of most open water swimmers and triathletes. Up and down the black lines of chlorinated facilities around the world, the warm, calm waters of pools are as familiar to triathletes heading to Kona for the Ironman as they are to swimmers headed to Dover for the English
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