Courtesy of John Cortinas. Juan (Johnny) Jose Cortiñas was born in Cuba in 1915 and ultimately died in a Cuban prison in 1959 as a critic of the Fidel regime. But he had a fascinating international swimming career that culminated in being inducted as an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame,

Courtesy of Poshey Aherne Photography, Catalina Channel, California. Kristian O’Donovan is a 38-year-old Irish open water swimmer from Glenbeigh, Kerry. He successfully completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel yesterday in 10 hours 45 minutes. When he stepped on the Southern California shoreline, he completed not only the Triple Crown of Open Water

Courtesy of Marilyn Korzekwa, Lake Superior. On August 19th, Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa pioneered a new 29 km cross-border route across Lake Superior from Whitefish Point, Michigan, USA to Pancake Bay, Ontario, Canada. She left Whitefish Point, Michigan at 3:15 am in the chilly blackness on August 19th and arrived in the sunshine at Pancake Bay

Courtesy of Wallace J Nichols, Ph.D., M.E.M., Miami, Florida. The theme of the 8th Annual Blue Mind Summit is Water is Medicine and will be held in Miami, Florida on October 4th. As Blue Mind founder Wallace J Nichols, Ph.D., M.E.M. explains, “We’re just like you, we love to be near, in, on, or under

Photos courtesy of Kaija Siirala and Marilyn Korzekwa. Psychiatrist Marilyn Korzekwa focused on two swims this summer. Her first swim was across the Santa Barbara Channel from Santa Cruz Island to the California mainland in the city of Oxnard. But a shark showed up during her July attempt. “It came closer in circles and then