Courtesy of Andrew Chin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Cape Town open water swimmer Andrew Chin loves the extreme in lakes, rivers and oceans. Yesterday, he completed his fifth Swim for Rivers challenge on the Mtamvuna River in KwaZulu-Natal. He swam 70 km over a 6-day period, finishing at the mouth of the river just south of […]

Courtesy of Andrew Chin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Andrew Chin has taken up many challenges around the world – from mid-winter lake swims in Switzerland to swims in Patagonia to ice swims in Antartica. But the Cape Town master of adventure is on his fifth Swim for Rivers, a stage swim that raises awareness around the

Courtesy of Joe Bernini, Cruce Golfo Dulce. Cruce Golfo Dulce is an three-race open water swimming competition held in Golfo Dulce in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica on August 3rd and 4th 2019. Joe Bernini, Director of Cruce Golfo Dulce, says, “The 8th edition of the Cruce Golfo Dulce will offer a 6-night standard or individually

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Basically you have a love affair with that task and you find yourself in it: it’s meditation. And that’s what water, ever since I was a kid, was for me…it was always a matter of trying to see how deep my relationship could be with the water,” said Aaron

Courtesy of Phil White, Kingdom Games, Vermont. Phil White, Director of the Kingdom Games made a recent appeal to the Friends of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association, “During the past decade, we have grown open water swimming in the legendary lakes of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont from one day to over 15;

Courtesy of Asociación Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar, Spain – Morocoo. Laura Gutiérrez Díaz of the Asociación Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar gave tribute to the centers of Tarifa Tráfico and Tangier Traffic for their work in helping swimmers cross the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco.

Courtesy of Carl Kawauchi, Hawaii Channel Association, Hawaii. One of the uncompleted channel swims on the world’s stage is a difficult triple crossing between the Hawaiian islands of Lanai, Maui and Molokai. Swimming non-stop between the 13.5 km Pailolo Channel, 14.9 km Kalohi Channel and 14.1 km Auau Channel is a quite long marathon swim,