Courtesy of Carl Kawauchi, Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame, Honolulu. Carl Kawauchi announced the Class of 2018 in the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame. At the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet on September 8th, 15 swimmers, divers, water safety, coaches, and contributors were honored including: * Ulrich Klinke who completed the […]

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont (USA) – Quebec (Canada). On September 12th, 48-year-old Susan Knight, 41-year-old Abigail Fairman, 30-year-old Kate English, and 27-year-old Daniela Klaz completed the 40.2 km cross-border swim across Lake Memphremagog between Newport, Vermont in the USA and Magog, Quebec in Canada. In Search of Memphre started at midnight, continued

Courtesy of Tim Hochradel on Tateyama Hojo Coast in Chiba, Japan. Tim Hochradel was a former competitive swimmer who has focused on and utilized his dryland skills to support elite open water swimmers after his retirement from pool competitions. He has served as a team manager for USA Swimming at the 2015 FINA Marathon Swimming

Courtesy of WOWSA, San Francisco Bay, California. Angel More is a 15-year-old American open water swimmer from San Francisco, California. She is a member of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association and trains in Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay under coach Evan Morrison. She was not only featured on CNN [see here] for her

Courtesy of James Harrison, Guernsey across the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The weekend of the WOWSA Talks & WOWSA Awards will open up with the documentary film Sea Donkey. A fascinating insider view of channel swimming by filmmaker James Harrison about Adrian Sarchet‘s North Channel preparations and success was voted as the