Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. HUANCHACO, TRUJILLO, PERU One of only five surfing reserves in the world, Huanchaco is the birthplace of wave-riding. For over 3,000 years, local fishermen have scoured the waters aboard caballitos de totora, beautiful vessels woven from native totora reeds. Visitors can try surfing on caballitos for a small fee […]

Ranomi Kromowidjojo/Ferry Weertman (Wedding Bells Will Ring) Aside from chasing trips to the medals podium at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Ferry Weertman will have a wedding to look forward to planning. The longtime couple announced their engagement on Instagram on Sunday, with a picture of a smiling Kromowidjojo

Courtesy of WOWSA, Río Paraná, Argentina. The 1993-1994 FINA Marathon Swimming World Series kicked off at the 3rd 88 km Maraton Nautica Internacional Hernandarias – Paraná on February 14th 1993. In the warm 24-26°C river water of the Río Paraná and very warm 36-39°C air temperatures, the world’s fastest professional marathon swimmers who swimming up

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Scott Lautman – Absolute top medal winner at the 2018 International Winter Swimming with 8 golds and 2 silvers in his age group – Recently retired from a career as a Human Resources Executive at Alaska Airlines and using some of his newfound free time to explore winter swimming

Courtesy of Ram Barkai, @FreedomSwimCapeTown, Dear Freedom Swimmers, Just to keep you updated with regard the Freedom Swim 2020: We are still working towards setting our new date and format. We are in discussions with our sponsors. We look forward to sharing our new format with you when dates are finalised. All swimmers who paid

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming became part of the bucket list for marathon swimmers, it did not take too much time before three became fashionable and motivational in the open water swimming world. Now there are numerous goals involving the number three: * Triple Crown of

Courtesy of John Leonard, American Swimming Coaches Association, Florida. In this era where a handful of pool swimmers earning millions of United States dollars for their accomplishments – from Michael Phelps to Katinka Hosszu and achievements and numerous other competitive pool and open water swimmers earn enough money to define themselves as professional athletes –