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Plannin for the 2026 Swim Shikoku event continues. The 88-day circumnavigation swim around the island of Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan, will start in July 2026.
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Dr. Stathis Avramidis, President of the Greek Lifesaving Sports Association wrote a touching tribute to Panagiotis Nastos, a pharmacist in Piraeus who envisioned starting a swimming school in Greece, the first of its kind to help reduce the number of countless drownings that occurred at the beginning of the 20th century.
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The Tokushima Kaiyo Open Water Swim is held amid small offshore islands and beautiful reefs of the Takegashima Marine Park on the Japanese island of Shikoku.
Tokushima Kaiyo – Open Water Swimming Amid Offshore Islands and Reefs Read More »
Val Kalmikovs announced the raw, untamed marathon swimming series in a lake, river, and ocean in Tasmania, Australia called the Tasmanian Wild West Series
Rivers, Lakes, Oceans…So Wild and Untamed on the Tasmanian Wild West Series Read More »
Courtesy of Phil White. Photos courtesy of Kathleen Marcil. Doing a Thomas – or an unassisted, continuous four-way crossing of any open body of water – is never easy and always takes a significant amount of planning, with a splash of good luck. Phil White, escort pilots Gary Coburn and Karina Palmorino, crew members Denise Herman and Christine Herman, and escort kayaker and photographer Kathleene Marcil planned
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Howard James of Open Water Africa announced a unique 45 km marathon swim around one of the most remote islands in the world. The swim window of the St Helena Island Ultra Marathon Swim between March and April, a circumnavigation swim around Saint Helena Island, United Kingdom’s second-oldest overseas territory. James said, “Experienced open water swimmers are invited on
Swimming Around St. Helena, One of the Most Remote Islands in the World Read More »
By Joel Matos Ortíz. Joel Matos Ortíz (37, Puerto Rico, MSF bio here, @joelmatosultra) has crossed the English Channel, the Cook Strait, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Catalina Channel, and a 47 hour 6 minute 92 km crossing from the British Virgin Islands to his native Puerto Rico in 2019. But it was his cold
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Por Joel Matos Ortíz, Puerto Rico Joel Matos Ortíz (37, Puerto Rico, MSF bio here, @joelmatosultra) has crossed the English Channel, the Cook Strait, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Catalina Channel, and a 47 hour 6 minute 92 km crossing from the British Virgin Islands to his native Puerto Rico in 2019. But it was
Entre Medusas y Miedos: Mi travesía en el Canal del Norte Read More »
When Hank WIse (57, USA, MSF bio here) climbed up the nearly vertical face of Arrow Point on the east end of Santa Catalina Island, he had taken a nearly straight line from Terranea Cover on the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the Southern California mainland to Santa Catalina Island [see here]. It was his eighth career crossing
Bernard Stone had been training and planning with his characteristic focus and dedication for his second Guinness World Record attempt of his career. But life occasionally takes unexpected twists and turns. Two weeks prior to the One Day Wonders tackling a relay crossing of the 37 km Loch Ness in Scotland, Stone’s well-laid plans suddenly
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