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Swim With Mike, A 40-Year Tribute Of Turning Tragedy To Triumph

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Swim With Mike, A 40-Year Tribute Of Turning Tragedy To Triumph Courtesy of Loretta Abdun-Nur Joseph, Swim With Mike. Swim With Mike is a recently completed documentary film about former competitive swimmer Mike Nyeholt and the incredible generosity that arose from an unfortunate accident. A dirt bike accident left the 3-time NCAA Swimming national champion […]

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Samurai As Scholars, Swimmers, And Swordsmen

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Samurai As Scholars, Swimmers, And Swordsmen Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Japanese samurai has to master many things including swordsmanship, Chinese studies, poetry, spiritual discipline…and open water swimming. Samurai learned suijutsu or suiei-jutsu (水術 in Japanese), one form of a martial art of combative swimming. The samurai encountered numerous situations where he might need

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Roger Bruce

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Roger Bruce Courtesy of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon and Gary Toner announced Roger Bruce as a member of the inaugural Class of 2020 in the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. They explained, “Coach Roger Bruce is Australian Swim Team coach number number 51

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Susanne Guesdon

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Susanne Guesdon Courtesy of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon and Gary Toner announced Susanne Guesdon as a member of the inaugural Class of 2020 in the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. They explained, “Susanne Guesdon is a versatile Australian marathon swimming administrator. She has

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Ram Barkai Announces New Freedom Swim Wave Series In South Africa

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Ram Barkai Announces New Freedom Swim Wave Series In South Africa Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Freedom Swim, Cape Town, South Africa. Ram Barkai, founder of the International Ice Swimming Association and long-time race director in his hometown of Cape Town and around the world, recently launched the new Freedom Swim in South Africa. The Freedom

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2020 Greek Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Results

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2020 Greek Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Results Courtesy of Ioannis Kotsiopoulos, Athens, Greece. Ioannis Kotsiopoulos has competed in marathon swims around the world, from the English Channel to Egypt, Argentina, Croatia, Hungary and many throughout his native country of Greece. He manages the marathon swimming club called Leandros and Greek Open Water Swimming Grand

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2020-2021 International Winter Swimming Association Calendar

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2020-2021 International Winter Swimming Association Calendar Courtesy of the International Winter Swimming Association. Winter is coming and so is the International Winter Swimming Association season that will open in Jelgava, Latvia on November 7th. This season the International Winter Swimming Association events will not have World Cup status because many of international swimmers are not

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