Judging from these two men – American Olympian Mark Warkentin on the left in a TYR swimsuit circa 2008 and Captain Matthew Webb on the right in a swimsuit circa 1875 – the more things change, the more things stay the same. Just as swimming was popular way back when, the open water swimming community

The photos and video are courtesy of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim Committee and LiveSwim.net. This weekend’s Waikiki Roughwater Swim was dominated by the top Australians for the third year in a row when Luane Rowe won her third straight victory and fellow Aussie Travis Nederpelt took over for Trent Grimsey who had won the previous

The Australians have always done well in the surf and tropical blue of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, but none as well as Luane Rowe who won the women’s race as expected – her third victory in three years. Her male counterpart, Travis Nederpelt of Perth, finished ahead of Americans Chip Peterson and Alex Meyer –

Chris Sheean, Race Director for the Big Shoulders, is sweating bullets like Colin Hill did before this year’s Great North Swim. “We can’t control the water temperature and we can’t control Tropical Storm Hermine which is forecasted to hit in the pre-dawn hours on coming Saturday in Chicago, but interest in at an all-time high.”

There are few emotional scenes in open water swimming as dramatic as marathon swimmers ‘clearing the water’ after a long swim. For marathon swims to be officially recognized, swimmer must walk into the wate from shore, swim across the body of water without assistance and finish on dry land. This ‘clearing the water’ is often

Correspondent Claudia Rose, a pioneering swimmer, reports in from Alaska: Alaska is seeing an increase in open water swimmers with locals from Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage participating in three open water events: the Chena Lake Splash, the Sitka Sound Ocean Adventure Swim and the Pennock Island Challenge. The 8.2-mile (13.1K) Pennock Island Challenge is the

Mark Robson reported the British Long Distance Swimming Association one-way Windermere swim results from this past weekend. The 10.5-mile swim is the long-time standard on the British Long Distance Swimming Association calendar and training ground for many English Channel aspirants. The men’s official results: 1. William Bott (Sandwell) 4.03.522. Chris Malpass (City of Chester) 4.18.303.

Mike Gustafson of SwimNetwork gave ten reasons why he thinks open water swimming rocks. His insightful and entertaining article on SwimNetwork – which will broadcast the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim World Record Attempt next week – is here. To quote Mike, 1) You have to know your opponent. 2) To be good at open water,