To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Former Dartmouth swimmer Elizabeth Mancuso won the 8-mile Boston Light Swim in 59°F (15°C) waters yesterday in 2 hours and 42 minutes after an unusually close finish over Dori Miller of Bondi Beach, Australia, and Lance Ogren of New York. Elizabeth told the Boston Globe, “I knew I was out front, but I didn’t know […]
Elizabeth Mancuso, Out Front And Lightheaded In Boston Read More »
The man is a marathon swimmin machine whose airmiles deserve a gold medal alone. After winning his tenth straight victories in lac St-Jean and lac Memphemagog in Canada over the last few weeks and competing in the 10K and 25K world championship, Petar set off again and won his unprecedented ninth straight victory in the
10 x 10 x 9 x For Petar Stoychev Read More »
Eilidh Macdonald became the first person to swim the 15 miles between the Scottish islands of Harris and Skye. “I wanted to do the swim because I had just graduated from university and was looking for a challenge that didn’t involve any essays or exams. My parents are both from the Isle of Lewis and
Eilidh Macdonald Swimming Between The Land And Skye Read More »
A heart-rending film by director Jean-Jacques Annaud: Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
The Animal World In The Open Water Read More »
The global swimming community will certainly be glued to the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships between August 18th-22nd with all the intriguing match-ups in the water. There will be some great rivalries among the men, among the women, between the newcomers and veterans, and in the relay events. Ryan Lochte vs. Michael Phelps. Rebecca Soni vs.
Olympics Stars Onshore And Offshore At The Pan Pacs Read More »
For decades we have been advocating the importance of core (abdominal) strength in open water swimming based on our empirical scientific testing and observations of channel swimmers, lake swimmers, marathon swimmers, ocean swimmers, cold-water swimmer and every kind of open water swimmer in every kind of environment. We have always advocated that if open water
Getting Open Water Down To The Core Read More »
USA Swimming announced the men’s and women’s field for the 10K marathon swim on August 22nd at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Marine Stadium, Long Beach. There were numerous surprises: 1. Olympian open water swimmer Kristel Kobrich of Chile will swim the pool events, but not the 10K. 2. Melissa Gorman, Emily Brunemann, Chloe
Gold Medalist Mellouli To Take On Fran & Crew Read More »
David Davies announced a change that is bound to have reverberations around the top echelon of open water swimming – especially as the top men are gearing up for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification swim in Shanghai in July 2011 and at the 2012 London Olympics. After winning a bronze in the 1500-meter freestyle
Take It Out Fast And Bring It Home For Great Britain Read More »
Ashley Steeves of B&S Event Management and the Wild Fish 1 and 2 Mile Swim on August 22nd in Collins Cove in Salem Massachusetts said, “Every year, about 200 swimmers enjoy a great swim in a calm ocean water cove. Even in a hurricane, the water will be swimable. In 2004, we ran the event
Swim With Wild Fish Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Out in the open water – especially while swimming in the middle of the Cook Strait, Molokai Channel, Catalina Channel, Rottnest Channel, Farallon Islands or anywhere in Cape Town, swimmers sometimes refer to sharks as ‘fish‘ or ‘The Man in the Gray Suit‘ There are other creative terms. Open
Open Water Swimming Slang – Bioprene Read More »