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From Notes To A Typewriter And A Laptop: A History Of Marathon Swimming

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In order to preserve decades of marathon swimming history, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dale Petranech maintained a huge stack of type-written pages from Joe Grossman for over three decades. “Grossman was a public information officer and was recognized as […]

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Poseidon’s Blessing With Kirby Drawbaugh, A Lesson In Living

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Poseidon’s Blessing With Kirby Drawbaugh, A Lesson In Living Courtesy of Bethanie Mitchell, Seattle, Washington. Bethanie Mitchell produced Poseidon’s Blessing about 82-year-old Kirby Drawbaugh. Mitchell describes her documentary on Drawbaught. “Kirby is a lifelong athlete and an ambitious open water swimmer. He continues to set goals, such as swimming the English Channel as part of

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Margaret Park Goes Down Memory Lane On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Margaret Park, a retired swim school teacher in Canada on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. The energetic 79-year-old former professional marathon swimmer came from a family of swimmers that included International Marathon Swimming

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Team Rivard Talks About Their Swimming Adventures On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Kevin (father), Darcie (mother), Vera (older sister), and Margaret (younger sister) Rivard are the First Family of open water swimming in the Northeast of the United States. The family plans, trains, kayaks, travels, and does open water swimming like few other families. Everyone has a specific role. They

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Matthias Kaßner Talks About Berlin Köpenick Marathon Swim

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 52-year-old Matthias Kaßner from Germany has achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, an Ice Mile, and completed five Oceans Seven channels to date. Kaßner was scheduled to attempt his sixth Oceans Seven channel – the Molokai Channel – this summer, but had to cancel it due

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Arianna Bridi, Ana Marcela Cunha Go 1-2 Overall at Maratona Del Golfo Capri-Napoli

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Photos courtesy of Swim4Life Magazine at Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, Italy. The Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli is one of the longest running and most competitive professional marathon swims in history. The greatest professional marathon swimmers in the world have won in the famous race from Capri Island to Napoli in Italy: John Kinsella, Claudio Plit,

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Serbo Simeoni Describes His Swims And Transformation On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 60 pounds, many packs of cigarettes, and an unhealthy lifestyle long ago, Serbo Simeoni was told by his physician that changes were needed. He got rid of the weight, cigarettes and unhealthy lifestyle – and got back into swimming. Big-time. He has done 20 Bridges, S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge,

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