Courtesy of XPRIZE. XPRIZE announced nine teams who advance to the final round in the US$7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Each finalist will receive an equal share of a US$1 million milestone prize purse for their cutting-edge ocean mapping and imaging technologies. XPRIZE provide resources to help solve humanity’s grand challenges. The $7M Shell […]

Courtesy of FINAtv, Doha, Qatar. You can watch the world’s fastest open water swimming on live TV at the first stop of the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series is in Doha, Qatar this week. On March 17th, the men will compete in the morning and the women will compete in the afternoon; both races

Courtesy of Futurism, Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Decades ago when Lynne Cox and Penny Dean, Kevin Murphy and Michael Read were swimming across the English Channel in their primes, the standard rule of thumb was that the water temperature between England and France was below 16°C. Now as the four luminaries of the English Channel

Courtesy of Lisa Olmos de Koo, Miami Beach, Florida. “[It is] very sad to lost a great friend and human being,” said Antonio Argüelles about Nick Olmos-Lau who last worked as an officer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs after a long and successful medical career. Elizabeth Fry sadly agreed about the doctor much

Courtesy of Jef Mallett, Frazz. Jef Mallett is arguably the best known open water swimmer with the greatest media reach in America and possibly in the world. His popular cartoon, Frazz, appears in 200 newspapers across the United States and worldwide. He occasionally addresses his hobby and chosen sport of open water swimming in his

Courtesy of Michael Pavitt and Deep Blue Media, Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA announced the renewal of its partnership with HOSA to support the FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series until 2021. The Chinese swimwear manufacturer started its sponsorship of the professional marathon swimming circuit in 2015. “FINA is very pleased to renew with HOSA until 2021, a

Courtesy of Carolynn Box, 5 Gyres Institute, Los Angeles, California. Carolynn Box, Science Programs Director of The 5 Gyres Institute, described her initial meeting with Matt Moseley in the Caribbean Sea. “I met him while he was swimming the 50 miles between the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in shark-infested waters—cage free. Who does that?