Arena is continuing its sponsorship of the fastest open water swimming mother in the world Angela Maurer of Germany. The 35-year-old who was fourth in the 10K at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is committed to Arena through the 2012 London Olympics. In her second decade of racing against the world’s elites, she won a bronze […]

As America settled into its sofas, couches, bars and restaurants in front of the television for its annual sporting spectacle, the Super Bowl, Dave Smith, Barbara Held (shown on left), Cindy Walsh and Kevin Anderson will swim in 55°F (13°C) water in La Jolla, California to raise money for the New York-based SwimFree, the Ovarian

Tom Ball, one of the Ventura Deep Six swimmers, reflected on shark’s ampullae of Lorenzini in his interesting multi-syllabel style and compared them to the television character Spock from Star Trek. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source

Colin Hill of the Great Swim Series in an upcoming interview on Open Water Wednesday described the Perfect Storm that has led to an upswelling of interest and participation in open water swimming in Great Britain. “The three Olympic 10K marathon swimming medalists [Keri-Anne Payne, Cassandra Patten and David Davies], the upcoming 2012 London Olympics,

Liesl Schoonraad explains why she is doing the 7.5K Cadiz Freedom Swim from Robben Island to the mainland in Cape Town, South Africa. Her theme, goal and results of freeing the spirit from a limiting body are admirable, inspirational and uplifting. She is working to help those with cerebral palsy. Copyright © 2011 by Open

British officials formally approved the use of Hyde Park’s Serpentine lake for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim for the 2012 London Olympics. A 3,000-seat grandstand will be erected in Hyde Park and a dock will be added to the lake for Olympic swimmers and triathletes. “Hyde Park will be a first-class backdrop for the triathlon

Open Water Source interviewed six incredibly humble men – good friends all – who used the all-encompassing power of positive thinking to swim 202 statute miles from Ventura to Santa Barbara to La Jolla, California over a 4-day period in water that ranged from 54°F (12.1°C) to 61°F (16.1°C). “The six of us together, we

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Is a new focus on open water swimming coming to the Americas? From a variety of perspectives, it appears so. Colin Hill of the Great Swim Series talks about the Perfect Storm that has served as the catalyst for explosive growth in Great Britain – and the elements are