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Sue Dyson Explains The History Of St. Lucia Channel Swims On WOWSA Live

Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Katie Blair, Edward “Ted” Lomicka, Chris Allshouse, Philip Rush, Keri-Anne Payne, David Carry, Jacques Sicot, Sandra Bergquist, Cameron Bellamy, Ross Edgley, Jacques Sicot, Molly Nance, and Kevin Pollman all have Sue Dyson as a friend and open water swim colleague in common. Dyson, a native of New Jersey […]

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Olympians And World Record Holders In The 1991 Swim Across the Sound

Olympians And World Record Holders In The 1991 Swim Across the Sound Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions. Bill Rock Productions documented the 1991 Swim Across the Sound, a 26 km charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Craig Beasley, Rowdy Gaines, and Steve Lundquist joined Swim Across America co-founder Matt Vossler and many others in the

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Ned Denison Describes The Maratona Del Golfo Capri-Napoli On WOWSA Live

Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison, chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, discussed his participation in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, at the invitation of fellow Hall of Famer Luciano Cotena, on today’s WOWSA Live. Copyright © 2008 – 2020 by World Open Water Swimming Association

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Diego Degano, Christof Wandratsch And The Elite Race In 1992 Swim Across The Sound

Diego Degano, Christof Wandratsch And The Elite Race In 1992 Swim Across The Sound Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions. Bill Rock Productions documented the 1992 Swim Across the Sound, a charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The top professional marathon swimmers in the world including David Alleva, Paul Asmuth, Diego Degano, Christof Wandratsch, Karen Burton,

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Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound

Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions. Bill Rock Productions documented the 1993 Swim Across the Sound, a charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The top professional marathon swimmers in the world including David Alleva, Diego Degano, Karen Burton, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Silvia Dalotto, Marian Cassidy, Claudio Plit,

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Acronyms In The Open Water Swimming World

Acronyms In The Open Water Swimming World Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are all kinds of abbreviations, acronyms, and terms used in the open water swimming world regarding training, organizations, locations, courses and conditions. There are many more acronyms and terms used in non-English languages, but below is a sampling of the English-language

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