Courtesy of Track.RS, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland in August 2017. Back in August 2017, 33-year-old Caroline Block, an anthropologist from Baltimore, Maryland, was on her way to doing an unprecedented two-way crossing of the North Channel. Her first crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland was completed in 14 […]

Courtesy of Effect of leg kick on active drag in front-crawl swimming: Comparison of whole stroke and arms-only stroke during front-crawl and the streamlined position, Journal of Biomechanics by Kenzo Narita of the University of Tsukuba, Motomu Nakashima of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Hideki Takagi of the University of Tsukuba. Japanese scientists Kenzo

Courtesy of Robin Smith, Seal Beach, California. The 49th Annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim took place in 67°F water temperature under cloudy skies. Top 23 Overall 5 km Results: 1. Craig Nadel 1:02:12 2. Andy Hoover 1:02:25 3. Morgan Kampfer 1:03:18 4. Caitlyn Richter 1:03:53 5. Frank Bird 1:05.59 6. Doug Garland 1:06:04 7.

Photos courtesy of Kelvin Trautman, English Channel, UK. Lewis Pugh‘s latest challenge, The Long Swim, will start on July 12th. A preview of The Long Swim will be broadcast on Sky News in the UK on Monday July 9th at 8:30 pm. His 560 km stage swim across the length of the English Channel from

Courtesy of John Coningham-Rolls, SwimQuest, Taveuni. John Coningham-Rolls of SwimQuest announced his latest swim holiday package, “Our SwimQuest Fiji tour is now available to book for March 23rd – 29th 2019. Based on the island of Taveuni, this trip is a delightful combination of reef swims, coastal swims, and an opportunity to explore Taveuni’s famous

Courtesy of Oscar Rubio, Maccagno, Italy. The third stage of the Open Water World Tour – the Almaty Marathon Swim Race – was held in Kazahkkstan’s Heaven Club Resort at the Kapchagai Reservoir. 200 swimmers took part with Vladimir Tolikin leading from start to finish in 1 hour 13 minutes. Ekaterina Shatnaya was the fastest

Courtesy of Ernie Hoftyzer, Lake Tahoe. On April 15th Sam Howell was on a bicycle ride in Malibu, California in preparation for the upcoming AIDS Lifecycle ride when the front wheel unexpectedly fell off his bike. He broke his neck and was immediately paralyzed. Sam fractured multiple vertebrae and was airlifted to UCLA for a