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

Their record is remarkable. Their goals are ambitious. Their commitment is unquestionable. Year and year, the Palfrey’s return to Hawaii. Chris and Penny have knocked off yet another channel in the Hawaiian islands. Yesterday, they completed the first of their planned 2011 swims, the Alalakeiki Channel from Kaho’olawe to Maui, a distance of 7 miles

Karen Throsby, a sociology lecturer at the University of Warwick, is leading a two and a half year sociological research project, entitled Becoming a Channel swimmer: identity and embodiment in an extreme sporting sub-culture. The ongoing research can be seen here. Her research is about the experience of becoming (or trying to become) an English

Rachel Golub, an extreme cold water swimmer who once swam the Beagle Channel in Patagonia with a bikini, is hanging up her suit for a while as she goes on tour. Her rhythmic strokes in the cold waters of New York where she trains with the CIBBOWS (Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers) is

FINA announced the date of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in the beautiful Sumidero Canyon, Mexico has been changed to May 7th. The dramatic 15K swim through the deep canyons of southern Mexico are always one of the most interesting and competitive marathon swims in the world. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water

Along with her fellow 2008 Olympian Ky Hurst, Melissa Gorman ticked off another requirement on her way to return to the Olympics in London. Melissa won the 10K at the Australian Open Water Championships at the Sydney International Regatta Centre to secure her place at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. After winning her

New USA Swimming president Bruce Stratton gave a report on the important things currently going on at USA Swimming. First off the blocks in his report was the issue of open water swimming: “The first and certainly most important update includes developments with open water swimming. The loss of champion athlete Fran Crippen at a