Courtesy of WOWSA, California. Jamal Hill of Inglewood, California struggles with the degenerative disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth – but not much else. The personable aquapreneur is a member of the USA Paralympic swim team and is looking forward to competing in the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Paralympic Games despite living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease which is an

Courtesy of Popperfoto/Getty Images, Folkestone Beach, Kent, UK. Edward Temme or E. H. Temme lived 72 years, born in Plaistow, Greater London and died in Padova, Italy. Along the way, he worked as a London insurance clerk, played water polo for the Plaistow United Swimming Club representing Great Britain in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and

Courtesy of WOWSA, Coogee Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Yasunari Hirai returned victoriously to the competitive open water swimming community at the 2019 Coogee Island Challenge in New South Wales, Australia. “It was beautiful water temperature and the water condition was pretty choppy like a Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, but I like that

Courtesy of Oscar Rubio, Open Water World Tour, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Oscar Rubio described the first stop on this year’s Open Water World Tour, “Our 2019 edition started with an amazing event, the 10th edition of the

Courtesy of Niall Moraghan. It took 18 years, but Ireland’s Shane Moraghan achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a 9 hour 15 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel in August 2017. Back in August 1999, he completed a crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 10 hours 23 minutes.

Courtesy of Kurt Ott, Tampa Bay Frogman Swim, Florida. Kurt Ott, the Event Director of the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim and Ambassador of the Navy SEAL Foundation, announced the 2019 Frogman Swim Series that includes three events from coast to coast in the United States: *Boston Frogman Swim on June 2nd *San Francisco Frogman Swim

Courtesy of Andy Upton, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Durty Events and Triathlon Edinburgh are organizing Go Swim Loch Lomond in Loch Lomond, Scotland on September 7th 2019. Paddy Cuthbert describes the new event, “In the stunning surroundings of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, there will be open water swimming events for all ages and

Courtesy of Martin Hobbs, Lake Malawi, Africa. On Day 45, South African swimmer Martin Hobbs has breaststroked a total of 480 km of his 581 km north-to-south stage swim crossing of Lake Malawi on the borders between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. His effort serves as a charity swim for the Smile Foundation. He estimated that