Courtesy of Pat Goding, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Members of the Waikiki Swim Club randomly swam into Ben Lecomte off the Oahu coastline in Waikiki Beach this morning. Pat Goding reported, “After two typhoon setbacks during The Swim [his transpacific stage swim across the Pacific Ocean that was aborted due to safety reasons after 160 […]

Courtesy of Rich Roll, California. After he cracked up and entertained with his humor and humility the Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, Ross Edgley headed off to an interview with famed podcaster Rich Roll. Roll was impressed with Edgley’s unprecedented 157-day, 209-stage 2,884 km assisted stage swim around Great

Courtesy of WOWSA, Río Coronda, Argentina. Over the decades, there have been innumerable number of great moves in open water swimming races. This is another part of the Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History series. France’s Stéphane Lecat loved the 57 km professional marathon swimming competition called the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe –

Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ice Swimming Hall of Fame. Ice swimming was formalized and defined by the International Ice Swimming Association in 2009 as open water swimming done without a wetsuit or any form or neoprene in water held in water 5°C or less. The extreme niche sport – popularized by Ram Barkai and his

Courtesy of Seti Afoa, Samoa Swim Series, Tahiti to Mo’orea. Saison 3 of the 2019 Tahiti Swimming Experience will include a 20 km cross-channel ocean swim between Ta’apuna on Tahiti and Plage de Tema’e on Mo’orea in October 2019. The stage was set by Seti Afoa of Samoa Swim Series who organized the first land-to-land

Courtesy of WOWSA, Tahiti and Mo’orea. Staying at the Hilton Moorea Lagoon Hotel on Mo’orea before the 2 km, 5 km or 10 km ocean swims at the Tahiti Swimming Experience was an incredible experience. The food was excellent as can be expected at a 5-star hotel. The service and friendliness of the staff was