The Waikiki Roughwater Swim Committee put together a detailed history of its popular event. The first Waikiki Roughwater Swim was held in 1970 under the leadership of Jim Cotton at a time when there were no high-profile open water swims, runs, triathlons or biking events in Hawaii. The inspiration of Jim’s concept for the Waikiki […]

The FINA list of approved swimsuits is now 558 models strong, effective September 6th 2010. According to FINA Bylaw 8.1, all FINA approved swimwear to be used at the Olympic Games and FINA World Championships must be approved by FINA at least twelve months prior to the start of the competition. In addition, these swimsuits

The scenes, sounds and back stories of the Ventura Deep Six Relay will be captured on film by award-winning director Scott Stankey. Scott produced, editted and wrote the movie Flow: FLOW, the true story of a surfing revolution, a wonderfully engaging surf film that was awarded Best Documentary at the X-Dance Film Festival in the

Karah Nazor Friberg of the C.O.W.S. (Chattanooga Open Water Swimmers) and race director for the Swim the Suck in Chattanooga, Tennessee is looking for volunteer kayakers to assist during the 10-mile swim in the Tennessee River for swimmers who are traveling from the states of Florida, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Arkansas, North Carolina and

Artist and open water swimmer Craig Baskin created an original painting called H2O Unity, an abstract work in acrylic that was inspired by the colors and layers he sees while swimming around the world. H2o Unity will be auctioned off to benefit the two charities of the Mexican American Unity Swim in Lake Powell, Arizona

American Olympian Mark Warkentin started out fast – very fast – in today’s Manhattan Island Marathon Swim – World Record Attempt, but he paid for it just after the two-hour mark. “I wanted to start off fast and push the pace against Petar [Stoychev]. But I was carried by adrelanin and then things started to

This is a love story that especially melts the hearts of swimmers. Pete and Kim Tarnapoll met swimming, got married and enjoyed their life together. Then, Kim was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and is fighting this form of cancer with Pete‘s help. As Pete says, “Cancer sucks. Plain and simple. Kim’s strength in her fight

Next year’s all-important USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships will be managed by Gregg Cross in Ft. Myers, Florida between June 10-12. The venue will be a warm-water glassy-flat course at the privately maintained Miromar Lakes. Gregg will host the USA Swimming 10K World Championship Trials, the 5K national championships, the U.S. Masters Swimming

With the water temperature hovering between 23°-25°C (73-75°F) under pleasant weather conditions, English Channel world record holder Petar Stoychev will face off against Olympian Mark Warkentin, Rondi Davies and Tobey-Anne Saracino today in a world record attempt around Manhattan Island in New York City. During the technical meeting before the race, it was interesting to