Hawaii Public Radio‘s show, The Conversation, briefly interviewed Penny Palfrey on its March 7th 30-minute show as she readies herself for an assault on the Molokai Channel later this week. One of the greatest swimmers of the 1940s, Keo Nakama, was the first to complete this channel in 1961 – and success is certainly not […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Barrett, president of the Townsville Open Water Swimming Association, shares a story about the Magnetic Island Swim. “In the 2009 Subway Magnetic Island to Townsville Swim, we used a Red Baron bi-plane to take aerial photos, but it was too unstable for video and too noisy for race

The 7th annual Swim Miami presented by Nike Swim will prove to be more competitive and spectator friendly than ever in its new home. The Miami Yacht Club on Watson Island, with the downtown Miami skyline in full view on one side and the beautiful Miami Beach on the other, will be the venue for

The National Olympic Committee of Turkey Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim conducted a photo contest at its swim. The winners of the contest were 1. Ersan Küçük, 2. Cengiz Soysal and 3. Serkan Ali Çiftçi. They creatively captured beautiful images from the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim, one of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims. Copyright © 2011

Would Captain Matthew Webb, the first person to successfully swim across the English Channel in 1875, would have worn a wetsuit if neoprene have been readily available in the 1870s? Would he have worn a neoprene hat? Would he have used a shark cage if there were the same number of Great White Sharks and

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Spalding gave a detailed interview of his Alenuihaha Channel swim from the Big Island to Maui in the Maui News here. “I wanted to spend as little time as possible in the dark, especially off the Big Island where I was bitten, because I was a little paranoid

Although they will not be going to London to represent Australia in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, Codie and Trent Grimsey will be traveling together to represent their homeland in the 5K at the 2011 World Swimming Championships. Codie (56:32) and Trent (56:43) were the first two Australians over the line in the Australian 5K

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andrew Chin (on the far right in the photo), one of the five friends and training partners from Cape Town, South Africa who successfully tackled three extreme cold-water swims in Patagonia, reflected back on his adventures in the Beagle Channel, Strait of Magellan and the Cape Horn in a