Nearly 100 years after her record-setting swim in San Francisco Bay, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame will recognize one of the early pioneers of open water swimming Nell Schmidt. Nell did her swim in 1912 by the City of Alameda, California across the bay from San Francisco. The pigskin award shown above is […]

The Night Train Swimmers epitomize the dedication and determination of open water swimmers worldwide. An eclectic international group of swimmers from the San Francisco Bay just never, ever gives us. Their original goal was and remains swimming between the Golden Gate Bridge and the infamous Farallones Islands, 30 miles west of the California coast. Starting

Dr. Karah Nazor, race director for the Swim The Suck in Chattanooga, Tennessee, announced that National Geographic will film the C.O.W.S. (Chattanooga Open Water Swimmers) this coming Saturday, May 28th in the Tennessee River. National Geographic, which has been inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888, is filming a documentary style-adventure show for

While the general public is increasing flocking to the open water, it seems Hollywood is pulling back. According to inside reports, Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides, the Johnny Depp movie, reduced the number of open ocean scenes when it came to producing the 137-minute blockbuster. The screenwriters created a story that limited

Olympic 10K champion and multiple world champion Larisa Ilchenko is now happily retired, but the rest of the Russian team is still working hard. And they most definitely want to continue the winning ways of their most successful pro marathon swimmer. The Russian national team members for the 10K race at the upcoming World Championships

With FINA starting a regularly scheduled World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in 2012, national federations are setting up standards and making decisions on how their top younger swimmers will qualify. FINA awarded Swimming Canada the 2012 World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships where it will be held in the Welland Recreational Canal in Ontario.

Australian masters swimmer Val Lincoln is 86 and is getting faster in the water, both in the pool and open water. The Australia world-record holder recently lowered her 800-meter record by three seconds and won the 2K open water swim at the Australian Masters National Championships. She commented, “I was absolutely on cloud nine because

Donghan Kim of Korea will take part in the open water swimming competition at this year’s Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. The 1.5K championship event will be held on July 1st. Click here to see him explain those dreams and what it means to him to take part in the 2010 Special

One stroke at a time. Be SMART about it. Open water swimming is just like any other skill – it takes practice. Elite open water swimming stars didn’t start with a 10K; they started with the first stroke. Take the time to set some goals for your open water swimming. Set goals with the acronym