Dr. Harry Huffaker, shown on left at the age of 50 after 18 hours in the channels in Hawaii, has had a remarkable open water swimming career and was inducted this year in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The Daily News of Open Water Swimming has previously written articles about Dr. Harry Huffaker. […]

Former Serbian pro water polo player Darko Novovic decided to take up another sport. Instead of the 30-meter pools that dominated his aquatic career, he decided to head to the open water…where he set a new world record. According to news coming out of Brazil, Darko took 46 days to swim the length of the

Shelley Taylor-Smith became the seven-time women’s world professional swimming champion, but it was not easy. Not easy at all. She trained, she struggled with decisions, she faced obstacles at every point of her career. But her book, Dangerous When Wet tells of her rise to success in her own uncompromising manner. Shelley talks of her

Pound for pound, Matthew Davie has to be on the toughest cold-water swimmers in the world. With a body fat percentage well under 6%, the former collegiate swimming star has no problem swimming in Lake Tahoe at altitude in 43°F (6.1°C) water. “I have to dodge mini-icebergs out there,” recalled Matthew who is intelligently acclimating

Ned Denison, a candidate for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, relentlessly pushing athletes to succeed in their marathon swimming goals, whether it is in his notorious open water training camps in Ireland or in the controlled confirms of a pool. “Today we had core group of five in the pool

It’s cold. Really cold. It’s dangerous. Real dangerous. It’s far. Real far. And that is why they do it. Vito Bialla, Phil Cutti and their English Channel and Catalina Channel colleagues of the Night Train Swimmers have organized the Farallon Islands Swimming Federation. The Farallon Islands Swimming Federation was created to organize and sanction all

Australian open water swimming superstars Brendan Capell (on left) and Ky Hurst have been busy giving back to the sport that they have devoted much of their lives. The duo is organizing the The Great Brisbane Swim on November 21st as the first of a 3-swim series. At Brisbane’s Suttons Beach Redcliffe, there is a

The Illinois Masters Swimming Association renamed its annual Service Award the John Sloan Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award on behalf of John Sloan who passed away during an open water swim earlier this year. John, in the water, on the pool deck and in life, demonstrated good sportsmanship, great character, leadership, supportiveness, generosity and

Kelsyus makes a convenient floating cooler for marathon swimmers, channel swimmers and anyone else interested in doing a long open water swimming workout without having to get out of the water to feed or drink. Jamie Patrick, in a earlier commercial for Gatorate, demonstrates how he uses it in Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay: