Courtesy of WOWSA, Manhattan Island, New York. The Bridges Manhattan Island Swim, a 45.9 km circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York City, always attracts a personable group of athletes. This weekend’s group of 15 swimmers included swimmers from the United States, Romania, the Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Mexico and the UAE. […]

Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Kuroshio Current, Pacific Ocean. After over a month break due to squalls and storms, Ben Lecomte is back swimming steadily and strongly on his 8,721 km transoceanic stage swim. Over the last 5 days, he has swum a total of 26.87 nautical miles on August 22nd, 23.9 nautical miles on August

Courtesy of Elliot Karlan Photography, RCP Tiburon Mile, San Francisco Bay, California. Elliot Karlan Photography provided beautiful photography of the start and finish of the RCP Tiburon Mile that was recently won by Olympic champion Ferry Weertman over David Heron and Ricardo Vargas. The photo above shows Weertman beginning to run up the shore to

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. 68 open water swimmers from 21 different states and Canadian provinces swam at least one of the 8 lakes in the Sixth Annual NEK Swim Week between August 11th through 19th. 11 swam in all 8 lakes: Crystal, Island Pond, Massawippi, Seymour, Echo, Memphremagog, Willoughby, and Caspian. The

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gabriel Viti, Jr. is a 54-year-old American chef and restaurateur. But when he takes time off from his Miramar Bistro in Highland Park, Illinois, he is like a Superman of extreme sports. In 2007, he completed the Ironman Brazil Triathlon in 2007, and then later, the Ironman Florida. In

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bob García is a 41-year-old competitive swimmer and online marketer from Costa Rica with an intense training program. He discussed his training and ambitious goals with the Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: How often do you train in the pool or open