With a number of visiting Olympians and world-class swimmers, a couple of former world champions from America, Chip Peterson (2005 10K) and Eva Fabian (2010 5K), won the annual open water swimming extravaganza Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands. With over US$100,000 in cash and prizes, the world’s richest open water swim attracted 830

Time and time again, women have shown that they are faster than men in the open water. Whether it is the average time swimming across channels or around Manhattan Island, marathon swimming is the only athletic endeavor where the average female outperforms the average male. In the history of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, from

Over the last week, hundreds of conservationists around the world have written and posted or shared information online about how Penny Palfrey’s escort team is a bunch of arrogant, shark-killing individuals who have no regard for the world’s endangered species. In these circles, it has become common knowledge that at least three sharks were brutally

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is going to be a great race around Manhattan Island today. The athletes – including former world champion Erica Rose who will be going up against three determined men: three-time winner John Van Wisse, fellow Aussie Oliver Wilkinson and Portugal’s Miguel Arrobas. The head-to-head battle can be tracked

With the average age of the open water swimmer at 36, the sport of open water swimming is certainly on the older side of most aquatic sports including pool swimming, water polo, diving and synchronized swimming. Despite the age of open water demographic, the opportunities to enjoy the sport for swimmers of all ages continues

A romance spanning six decades, a moment of solidarity at sea, and a magical end-of-an-era are among the stories of unforgettable swims commemorated by Speedo in a new website. Aquatic adventurers – similar to the people who will swim around Manhattan Island or attend the Global Open Water Swimming Conference this weekend – can upload

With Olympic gold medalists, world champions, adventurers of note, luminaries of the sport and enthusiasts of all ages from dozens of countries, the ambiance of the Club Quarters Hotel in New York City is electrifying with open water swimming buzz. Together with another group of Manhattan Island Marathon Swimmers in the city too, New York

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A quilt made by an international group of quilters to memorialize the legacy of Fran Crippen is nearly finished. The design represents marker buoys on a rectangular course over deep and shallow water. It is an original design based on a traditional pattern and will be large enough to