Courtesy of Ken Thorley, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. Taiwan’s 2018 Sun Moon Lake Swim was held over two consecutive weekends in September. The mass participation race with 20,000 local leisure swimmers, was held on September 15th. The international events were held the following weekend over a different course with a 2 km race, followed an

Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. “There are unsung heroes who help promote, organize and support the sport of open water swimming. The epitome of these unsung heroes is Bob Duenkel,” commented Steven Munatones. Today Ned Denison, Chairman of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, announced the induction of Duenkel

Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, San Francisco Bay, California. With so many luminaries in the sport descending upon San Francisco for the 2018 Open Water Summit held at The Olympic Club between November 9th – 11th, it was inevitable that swimmers would find themselves in the water – before, during and after the Summit. While a

Courtesy of Seeker along the Kuroshio Current in the Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte is shown on left at the beginning of his 5,419-mile (8,721 km) transoceanic assisted stage swim between Japan and California that started on June 5th. As of yesterday, he has now completed 120 days of his stage swim across the Pacific Ocean.

Courtesy of Lewis Pugh, Birmingham. UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh recently gave a heartfelt speech at the Conservative Party Conference. Pugh writes on his blog, “The UK Government has taken an historic stand for ocean conservation. At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the UK Government will call on all nations

Courtesy of Evan Morrison, Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, California. On September 21st, Ken Mignosa of Santa Clara, California made history early this morning – completing the first two-way Santa Cruz Island swim in 29 hours 22 minutes. He swam the outbound leg via east and south around Anacapa Island and then returned back to