Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott Rice of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series announced the cancellation of the State Corsair Classic due to the tragic circumstances of the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. “The City is in a state of emergency for the next five days.” “This is not the time to

Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer wrote and produced this fun piece on Lake Cane in Orlando, Florida which is quite the gathering hole for many swimmers over the years. The short film can be seen here. It is undoubtable that Dr. Meisenheimer actively uses his vivacious imagination during his daily open water swims in order to utilize

Yuko Matsuzaki became the first inductee from Japan in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame when she was voted in the Class of 2010/2011. Born in Tokyo, Yuko has been training in Florida throughout her marathon swimming career. As the daughter of a long-time mariner and head of the Japanese Coast Guard, Yuko has

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming had the wonderful opportunity to spend the day with Dale Petranech, currently the Honorary Secretary of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and formerly of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee. The renaissance that open water swimming is enjoying is

Mat Luebbers of About.com Swimming Guide is conducting the 2011 About Swimming Readers’ Choice Awards. Mat explains, “Voting is open until March 8th for the 2011 About Swimming Readers’ Choice Awards for swimming blog and/or swimming twitter feed. There’s no prize – just the bragging rights that come with getting recognized by the readers of

English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Manhattan Island and Ederle marathon swimmer Michael Miller of Honolulu has a habit of training with board shorts during his long training sessions for extra drag. But he also drags around a lot more than heavy board shorts during this training swims. “Somehow, during the years I have trained

Dr. Harry Huffaker, a new member of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, will be honored with the other members of his Class of 2010/2011 in New York City during the Global Open Water Swimming Conference and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim weekend. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony in June will

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. From far and wide, many marathon swimmers will descend upon Indiana’s Morse Reservoir on June 18th. Dick Sidner (shown on left) and his team of dedicated volunteers will host the 2011 U.S. Masters Swimming 25 km National Championships. Besides the hoards of solo swimmers, the event will also have