To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Claire Bennison, an English Channel swimmer, completed the charity Super Six, that involves swimming Loch Lomond (in Scotland), walking Ben Nevis (Scotland), walking Scarfell Pike (England), swimming Windermere (England), walking Snowdon and swimming Bala Lake (Wales). Claire walked over 10,000 feet up the three biggest mountains and swam over 38 miles in the three biggest […]
Claire Bennison, Super Sixing To Help Others Read More »
I went last month, to Dover to swim, but the weather wouldn’t allow it, the wind blew hard, vigor and vim, and the Channel raged over & about it. So I plodded in the harbor, up and down, calling Mike Oram every day, to talk about the weather, and smile or frown, depending on what
Mike Humphreys On English Channel Swimming Read More »
DURBAN, South Africa. Environmental campaigner Lewis Pugh will be giving a major speech tomorrow in Kings Park Stadium in Durban, South Africa. His speech, along with those by Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will be covered by CNN, a day before the United Nations Climate Change Conference is scheduled to open. Leaders from
Lewis Pugh’s Speech To Be Captured On CNN Tomorrow Read More »
Before searching online for a specific open water swimming training program for any distance whether it is for a one-mile swim or the English Channel, it is important to seek the advice and obtain the guidance from experienced coaches. Learn from other swimmers, talk to those who have done similar swims, but it is always
How To Train For An Open Water Swim Read More »
This September, The Loveleys became the first all-female team and only third officially recognized team to complete a marathon swimming circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight. The Lovelies included 51-year-old Kathy Batts from Strood Kent, 43-year-old Paula Foreman from West Malling Kent, 30-year-old Liane Llewellyn from Bradford, 37-year-old Lucy Donnelly from Cumbria, 37-year-old Rachael Cretten
Nothing Stops The Loveleys Around The Isle Of Wight Read More »
Professor Ellen Shockro talks about her friend and fellow open water swimmer, Pat Gallant-Charette. Pat is an amazing woman. This year, 2011, she became the oldest woman, at 60, ever to complete successful swims of both the English Channel and the Catalina Channel. She hails from Maine, where opportunities to swim are limited to a
Pat Gallant-Charette, An Inspiration And Friend Read More »
Teresa Planas, a student at the Universitat de Barcelona, swam 39.8K (21.3 nautical miles) across the Menorca Channel (Canal de Menorca) from the Balearic island of Menorca to the island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea in September 2011, setting the overall world record in 12 hours 18 minutes 42 seconds. Born on Pòrtol on
Teresa Planas, Setting The Record In The Canal De Menorca Read More »
For more than 20 years, Dr. Louane Brizendine has been studying the differences between the male and female brains. The neuropsychiatrist and author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain writes, “…the female brain has tremendous unique aptitudes — outstanding verbal agility, the ability to connect deeply in friendship, a nearly psychic capacity to
Thinking About Open Water Swimming Read More »
John Caughlin provides updates on his recovery here. John, a 41-year-old swimmer from Half Moon Bay (California) was nearing completion of a solo 9.6-mile Maui Channel Swim and was close to the Maui coast when a boat hit him. His blog clearly demonstrates what a fine individual is, well-liked and well-respected by those who know
Update On John Caughlin Read More »