The wind and clouds did not put a damper on the inaugural 1K, 3K and 5K Kouga Express Eastern Province Open Water Swim Swimming Series (OWSS) in the circular course in Marina Martinique in South Africa. Michael Marais won the 5K in 1:03:16 with Jessica Roux taking the 5K women’s race in 1:07:10. Jonathan Roux […]

The South African 25K Championships were held in Jeffreys Bay as part of the Jeffreys Bay Open Water Swim Festival at Marina Martinique. Tyron Venter was back to defend his title. In a pre-race practice swim, Tyron said, “This afternoon Brenton [Williams] and I swam the course to get our bearings and I am blown

The background work of Greg Whitman and the visionary politicians who guided his vision through the New Hampshire State Legislature will soon come to fruition. New Hampshire SB362 was officially signed into law on May 18th and will go in to effect on January 1st, 2011 and will give swimmers and kayakers the right of

Similar to the ground-breaking legislation that will go in to effect on January 1st, 2011 in the State of New Hampshire in the USA [see articles on New Hampshire SB362] that give swimmers and kayakers the right of way in open bodies of water in New Hampshire], open water swimmers in Lake Wanaka in Otago

Like their counterparts in the Czech Republic, Estonians and others from dozens of countries love extreme cold-water swimming. The Winter Swimming Festival Pirita Open and Estonian Open Winter Swimming Championships will be held in a river pool in the Pirita Olympic Sailing Center from 1980 Summer Olympics on January 7th-8th, 2011. The events include a

This athlete will be attempting the first swim from Little Cayman Island to Grand Cayman Island in 2011. Swimming among venomous creatures will be a major issue, so this swimmer is covering up. Who is it? Copyright © 2010 by Open Water Source

The race organizers for the Damme-Brugge Open Water Swim were nominated as one of the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year as the race celebrated its 100th year anniversary this year. As a part of the Belgium Swimming Federation though a bit rogue, the race is held in Brugge, a historic and

The athletes at major international races often wear two transponders on their wrists. The transponders are light with limited GPS capabilities. In the call room, the officials hand out the transponders one-by-one to the swimmers who are responsible for crossing the finish line with both transponders. The transponders enable the timing company and race officials

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marcelo Guiscardo, Race President, Claudio Plit, Race Director, and Patricia Querejeta, Organizing Committee President, of the La Patagones Viedma race, announced their new prize money for the new 12K race (with a US$15,000 cash purse and US$2,500 for first) on February 5th and the 1.6 km Negro River sprint