Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced its names for the Honoree Induction Class of 2011 that included eight marvelous heroes and heroines of the sport. “The 2011 Induction Ceremony will recognize an internationally diverse and remarkable class of aquatic personalities,” said Mike Snyder, Chairman of the Board of […]

Fans and interested swimmers can follow Penny Palfrey on her audacious swim across the 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel next week. Based on the wind conditions, it looks like she is going to push off from the rough and wild Kaena Point on Oahu on Tuesday afternoon on November 9th. For fans in America, they can text

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL football star and one of the nominees of the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, has begun to step up his advocacy for encouraging people to swim, especially African American children in America. He was on Fox TV last night as part

Scott Zornig, president of Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association reminds the most seriously minded marathon swimmers that the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association represents seven swims, islands and distances for solo swimmers and relays that all present slightly different challenges in beautiful settings, just north of Los Angeles. “These swims are more difficult swims than

The Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association announced its plans to revive the Cross-Harbour Swim in 2011 after a hiatus of more than 30 years for all the right reasons. Because the water quality in Victoria Harbour has improved in recent years, the race will be revived after it was halted in 1978. Hong Kong’s famous

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Penny Palfrey, one of the nominees for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, will take on the monsterous, humungous 72-mile Kaieiewaho Channel next week, probably around the November 8th – 11th window due to some favorable winds (Kona winds that help reduce the surface chop

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The nominees for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year are an incredible group of heroines. These select individuals are magnificent people whose exploits, histories and lifestyles are extraordinarily inspirational to read. These awards not necessarily for the best athlete, but are meant to honor the

Lewis Pugh, one of the nominees for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, sure gets around. Michael Walker photographed Lewis finishing a 1K swim at 5,300 meters above sea level on Mt Everest in 2010 to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayan glaciers. Down at the bottom of

Karen Reeder, one of the fastest swimmers ever in the Catalina Channel, a member of the world record English Channel relay team and a top professional marathon swimmer in the 1990s who swam in numerous bodies of water over her illustrious career, provided some interesting guidelines about the differences in how the water feels in

Fran Crippen will be the focus and on the cover of the next (December) issue of the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. The FINA Aquatics World Magazine was introduced at the 2010 FINA Bureau Meeting in Bangkok and covers the five aquatic disciplines and the very best of open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo