Courtesy of Nuala Moore, Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland. Nuala Moore grew up swimming and continues to train in Slaidin. “Since 1982, this dolphin has swum with us all the time, but we have our faces in the water and remain focused with earplugs in so usually we go about our business during the majority of […]

Photos of Jaimie Monahan courtesy of Arik Thormahlen around Manhattan Island, New York. At each of the 64 km Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean double crossings between Roberval-Péribonka-Roberval in Quebec, Canada in 1985, 1986 and 1987, there were great races between two very well-decorated marathon swimmers: Hall of Famers Claudio Plit of Argentina and Philip

Courtesy of BBC, Ulster, Northern Ireland. Attila Mányoki attempt to cross the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and complete the fastest cumulative time of the Oceans Seven ended in his admittance in the intensive care unit at the Ulster Hospital, Northern Ireland. Worries reigned for the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer from

Courtesy of Long Beach Lifeguard Association Museum and Greg Shea. Starting in 1950 when he first became a lifeguard in Long Beach, California as a 16-year-old and later being appointed as the city’s Chief Lifeguard in 1974 and the Long Beach Marine Bureau manager retiring in 1995, Dick Miller has been around the ocean all

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. 41-year-old Southern Californian Stephanie Hopson completed the Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming yesterday with a 19 hour 17 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel that ran turbulent at times during the night. After successfully dealing with sustained winds of 15-25 knots and a current pushing

Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Izebel Sierra Arenas of Mexico completed the Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming with her 14 hour 21 minute crossing of the English Channel on July 26th. The 38-year-old is coached by Nora Toledano and Salvador Sánchez. She swam across with the escort of Captain Simon Ellis on the Seafarer

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The mental and physical strength of ice swimmer, marathon swimmer and channel swimmer Helen Lin is captured by photographer Brian Lewis of Boston, Massachusetts. “Hopefully we’ll get an ice swimming shoot this winter…” said Lin shown with her dog Shorty who did an Ice Mile in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts