Last year, President Obama created an Ocean Policy Task Force that finally released its final report on creating a national policy for the stewardship of the oceans, coasts and great lakes in America. The recommendations governing the management and protection of America’s waterways aim at keeping the nation’s waterways ‘healthy and resilient, safe and productive, […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hydration and feeding – both pre-swim and in-the-water – are essential parts of open water swimming. Proper hydration and proper fueling can either make or break a swim. While open water swimmers range in age, ability, culture and swimming background, relatively few are vegetarians. So we caught up with

The 3.6K Flannagan Cup Open Water Swim in New Plymouth, New Zealand will take place on February 6th. The Flannagan Cup Open Water Swim was first held in 1916 to raise money for a war veteran’s charity. The first hardy pioneers set out to swim 5.5K in the cold waters of the Tasman Sea –

LiveSwim.net shipped its do-it-yourself system to Arizona where David Benjes captured his own Arizona Open Water Swim Series on camera and uploaded it on the LiveSwim.net system. Watch the fifth of five races in the series here at the Tempe Town Lake, a favorite of the Arizona open water swimming community since 2003. This system

The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation has a new website that includes a list of escort pilots, a list of successful swimmers, a free book of The History of the Catalina Channel, a list of Lifetime Members and a historical record list for solo swimmers and relays. Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones

Chris Palfrey completed the treacherous Green Island swim where he became the second man to face down sharks, crocodiles and the chironex fleckeri jellyfish, the most venomous creatures on earth between Green Island and Cairns in Queensland, Australia. Chris broke the 1977 record of Eddie Lovelock with a time of 7 hours 54 minutes and

Italian open water swimmers Nino Fazio, Valerio Cleri and Finy Fichera are nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year and the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Their individual efforts and exploits this year have been nothing short of remarkable as is true with all the nominees and thousands

When it comes to open water safety, there are races that cover the bases: onshore medical staff and spotters, adequate kayaks and watercraft, radio communication among all the staff, a body count before the swimmers enter the water, an ongoing body count during the race, an intelligent use of buoys and the natural environment, clear