To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE, Julia Morris, Fay de Gruchy, Alice Harvey, Karen le Cornu, and Rachel Sayers completed a very tough 70 km relay in challenging conditions across Lake Geneva from France to Switzerland in 28 hours 56 minutes.
Alice Harvey Talks About Aquatic Life on the Isle of Jersey Read More »
Gráinne Moss needs one more channel in northern Japan to achieve the Oceans Seven. Her 4-decade career is a fascinating lesson in passion, diligence, determination, humility, and gratitude
Gráinne Moss Takes Time To Do It All Read More »
15 swimmers will qualify for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Setúbal Bay, Portugal at the 2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier
Olympic Marathon Swimmer Igor Chervynskiy Is Wounded At War Read More »
Marcia Cleveland (61, USA, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, @marciac944) has done it all in the open water swimming world: Achievement of the Oceans Seven With her May 20th crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar, she has now achieved the Oceans Seven – as the oldest person – male or female – to do so.
Marcia Cleveland Adds Another Achievement To Her Prolific Career Read More »
54-year-old Claudia Müller of Germany aims to become the first Triple Iron Icewoman in history
Claudia Müller Going Hot and Cold, Keeps Going Extremes Read More »
Matthew Centrowitz won the 2016 Olympic 1500m final in Rio de Janeiro [see race above]. Why was his race so illustratively educational for marathon swimmers? Because he ran tactically and trained specifically to win this race [explained by the NBC announcer in the video]. While the race began at a slow pace, Centrowitz ran his
The Importance of Training Specificity for Competitive Elite Swimmers Read More »
Steve and Kelly Leitch enjoyed a successful crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan, starring earlier in a documentary film that was nominated as the Best Documentary Feature at the Cannes World Film Festival.
Steven Leitch Crosses The Tsugaru Channel On A Rising Tide Read More »
Everything looked good for Eduardo Collazos Valle-Guayo (53, Peru, MSF bio here, @eduardo_collazos_) as he set off from Aomori and headed towards Hokkaido on the seventh leg of his Oceans Seven. With his support team of Luiggi Fujioka, brother Daniel Collazos, wife Rocío Gómez, and coach Nora Toledano looking on, the conditions were right for Collazos’ 19.5
Nothing Great Is Easy, Peru’s Eduardo Collazos Completes The Oceans Seven Read More »
Matt Moseley frequently does unprecedented swims to support marine environmentalism (see video below). Most recently on June 18th, he swam 27.3 km on the Colorado River from the Moab Boat Ramp to Potash Point in 4 hours 30 minutes, another pioneering swim for the author. He explains, “I swam for American Rivers to protect free-flowing rivers
Matthew Moseley’s Marathon From Moab Read More »
Milton Brest of South Africa and Phillip Chappell (63, Australia, MSF bio here) completed a 3.19 km crossing from Sandaun in Papua New Guinea (Australasia) to Jalan Skouw, Indonesia (Asia) in 1 hour 13 minutes on May 3rd. Observer and photographer Alon Brest was onboard with event organizer Econ Wanggai, and escort pilot Karel Sa. He reported that the
Milton Brest and Phillip Chappell Complete Australasia to Asia Continental Swim Read More »