Courtesy of WOWSA, The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking, wrote, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” That quote sounds like what 36-year-old Cameron Bellamy has been doing most of his life from his native South Africa to

Courtesy of WOWSA, The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Imagine a room with talented storytellers with an abundance of open water swimming experience who can relate myriad life experiences to open water swims in lakes, rivers, seas and across channels. “The audience at the WOWSA Talks & WOWSA Awards at The Olympic Club will be

Courtesy of Andy Neumann, Islamorada, Florida Keys. 350 swimmers competed in calm, clear waters off the Florida Keys during the 8-mile Swim for Alligator Lighthouse. 31-year-old Yoelvis Pedraza emerged from the Atlantic Ocean as the top individual swimmer in 2 hours 55 minutes. 29-year-old Chelsea Nauta from Riverview, Florida was second overall, winning the female

Courtesy of Vito Bialla, Night Train Swimmers, Anacapa Island, California. As part of his channel swim training, Night Train Swimmers co-founder Vito Bialla took time off to compete in the 4.5 km Marnaton eDreams Cadaqués Swim where most people swim in wetsuits. Bialla finished 143rd out of 400 in 1 hour 22 minutes. “My next

Courtesy of Night Train Swimmers, Corsica to Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea. Henry and his father David Holscher will do a Night Train Swimmers charity swim across the Strait of Bonifacio on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America sometime starting on September 17th. Henry explains, “Alzheimer’s is a horribly degenerative disease that I watched firsthand slowly