If you are reading this, you have probably already heard open water swimming’s siren call. For me, it started at an early age while growing up in Hawaii: swimming at the beach and surfing and body surfing with friends after school. As I progressed from surf grom to swim club kid, the ever changing conditions

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Evgeny Bezruchenko: You have done this race since the very beginning. Has the race become easier? How the race become faster? What was the hardest year? Why? Keri-Anne Payne: How was your overall experience in Rio? Can you describe the Olympic 10K race? Are you planning to compete in

A Brief History of Open Water Activities Within the United States and FINA Introduction When I learned that USA Swimming is in the process of forming a task force to study and recommend possible reorganization of their Open Water structure and organization, I realized that I am one of the few people who could provide

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Endurance Sport Practice as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter The typical clinical profile of sport-related AF or atrial flutter is a middle-aged man (in his forties or fifties) who has been involved in regular endurance sport practice since his youth (soccer, cycling, jogging, and swimming),

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Prior to 1964, there were only two relay teams that successfully crossed the English Channel: the Rotherham Neptunus Swim Club that went from England to France in 11 hours 20 minutes in 1950 and the Folkestone Swim Club that went from France to England in 14 hours 57 minutes

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lake Ainsworth awaits open water swimmers 05 February 2019 Madisyn Armstrong and Jade Slee will attend the 2019 open water camp. Capitalising on the momentum from the 2019 Australian Open Water Championships, Swimming Australia will host its annual development camp for the country’s emerging open water swimmers. Kicking off

Courtesy of WOWSA, DESCRIPTION OF SWIMMING CAREER – LEWIS PUGH Lewis Pugh is an endurance swimmer and a maritime lawyer. He has pioneered swims in the most vulnerable ecosystems on Earth to campaign for their protection. In 2013 the United Nations appointed him as the UN Patron of the Oceans. He was the first person