When he finished, Turner told his wife he “couldn’t have made it another two minutes.” Dr. Wade Turner has three passions: keeping people healthy, swimming the Strait of Gibraltar and raising awareness about the critical shortage of rural physicians and extreme pressures on community hospitals. Through his Strait of Gibraltar swim, Dr. Turner hopes to […]

Courtesy of Bill Eckstrom, Huntington Beach, California. Bill Eckstrom talks about the Growth Rings [see above]. His four rings – Stagnation, Order, Complexity and Chaos – have Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Torture Swim by 60 Minutes Sports (U.S.A./Ireland) 14. The Vertical Swim Trainer by Genadijus Sokolovas (U.S.A./Lithuania) 15. Uaimh an tSolais & Uaimh na nÉan by Sam Krohn And Loneswimmer (Australia/Ireland) 1. 24 Hour Swim in San Francisco by Suzie Dods (U.S.A.) Swimming all day and all night is

As the summer draws to a close, I’m trying to balance the sheets. I have been to Dover beach this morning for a swim, and have felt and seen the agony of defeat in three channel swimmers. I am a two time Channel Swimmer, but I have also suffered the pain of being short of

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This conversation has centered around drugs and substances introduced into the human body. But we are now entering the era where different manufactured parts are being introduced to the human body whether it is a pacemaker or hearing aid. I just came back from my lab at the Harvard

Real swimmers just swim. And they want EVERYONE else to swim – in any way they can manage it. Lets’ get over discouraging anyone to just get in the water. Go ahead and strut. Be proud of being so awesome and studly that you can bear the cold water in a brief or a bikini.

On August 7, swimmers will support Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley by participating in Swim a Mile for Hospice in Hannawa Falls, NY, just north of the Adirondack Park. This is a non competitive open water event. Please see www.swimamileforhospice.org for details. If you have any questions, you may call Brad Catling at Hospice, 315

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Ripley Davenport is planning a solo stage swim around the entire island of Ireland. As he writes in his charity page on Just Giving, “The Irish coastline is among the most exquisitely stunning coastlines but underneath its magic there is a dark side. The sea is a formidable, evocative reality.

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Yellow Sea is one of four seas named in English after common color terms — the others being the Black Sea, the Red Sea and the White Sea. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association