The St. Vincent’s SWIM Across The Sound is on the short list of long swims. It is one of the world’s most well-organized marathon swims of at least 16K. The 24rd annual 25K event to be held on August 6th is now open for online registration for all swimmers and team relays who wish to […]

If Americans wish to participate in the Varadero Beach, Cuba V International Cup with an open water swim on April 10th, they can take Bahamasair and coordinate with Alejandro Calafell of the Altamar International Travel Agency. “For the first time, it will be easy for Americans to travel to Cuba from USA,” said Jorge Estevez

The 2011 British Gas Great North Swim is the first open water swimming event in Great Britain to go over the 10,000 mark. Not meters. But participants. The majestic Lake Windermere, the crown jewel of Britain’s Lake District, will host at least 10,000 swimmers of all shapes, sizes, ages, backgrounds and abilities on June 17th

Is there an open water future in Eastleigh Lakeside Park? Brett Britton and Martin Timby of Lakeside Multisports and Hampshire’s swimming and triathlon community were dealt a major blow with this week’s news that the south region’s only lakeside swimming venue will not be open for business this year. The duo’s Lakeside Multisports ran a

With the support of Swimming Quebec, the CALAC swim team hosted 150 swimmers from 13 clubs at the 2011 Open Water Provincial Championships in the Aquadome in Lasalle, Québec. The swimmers participated in Pool Open Water 2K, 3K, 5K and 10K events. CALAC Head Coach, Mohamed Marouf explains, “Our objective is to develop as many

Open water swimmers and their coaches and crew communicate in a variety of ways – via hand signals, shouting, pointing or with a whiteboard. But Dave Barra and his crew member John Humenik aboard Paul Foreman’s escort boat, the Pace Arrow, on an English Channel crossing used a more explicit and direct form of communication:

Researchers reported in the prestigious weekly scientific journal Science Magazine that the average wind speed and wave heights over the world’s ocean over a 23-year period have increased – which has major implications for the open water swimming community. As open water swimmers know, especially those who swim in the ocean, increased wind speeds and

Donal Buckley in the South-East of Ireland, creator of Lone Swimmer, penned an eloquent description of the smells of the open water: As land creatures we are more attuned to the early visual signs of spring. Snowdrops, daffodils and forsythia, bud tips on trees, the sun setting further along the horizon and a different quality