Courtesy of Christof Wandratsch, Skelllefteå, Sweden. Skelllefteå is a city in Västerbotten County, Sweden that is site of the 4th stage of the International Winter Swimming Association‘s Winter Swimming World Cup where the air temperature is currently -17°C and the water temperature is 0°C. “[How] cool,” reports Germany’s Christof Wandratsch. How do the winter swimmers […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Decades ago, Greta Andersen used to train for her professional marathon swims and solo swims across the English Channel, Catalina Channel and Molokai Channel in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, California. She used to pull and kick massively long ocean workouts, sometimes escorted by paddlers,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lucas Rivet is an open water swimmer from Argentina who manages the Asociación Cruce a Nado Río de la Plata (ACNRP), the governing body to organize and ratify solo swims across the Río de la Plata bordered by the Uruguay River in Uruguay and the Paraná River in Argentina.

Courtesy of FINA. The growth of everything from pool swimming to ice swimming in China has been massive and is projected to be even larger. The projected value of the aquatics industry in China by 2020 is US$30,000,000,000. There are an estimated 1,000 new aquatics clubs that the Chinese government aims to develop by 2020.

Courtesy of Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim, Caribbean Sea. The sea turtle awards for the Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim or the Bente Weber Memorial Swim, a 2.5-mile (4 km) inter-island Caribbean Sea swim across the Narrows from Nevis to St. Kitts, are unusual and beautiful. 2017 Top 10 Results: 1. Ashley Whitney

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As you drive down the California coast, you can often hit a marine layer as you near the shoreline. The marine layer often hovers over the coastal areas and lifts when the sun rises and the temperatures rise. In the case of coastal California, the offshore marine layer can

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation with Santa Catalina Island in the horizon off the coast of Southern California. Start near midnight and finish in the early, mid or late morning…or later across the Catalina Channel. 2017 Successful Catalina Channel Swimmers: 1. Antonio Argüelles, Mexico on January 15th, 14 hours 27 minutes 34 seconds 2.

Courtesy of Kate Steels-Fryatt, Snowdonia, north Wales. 11 people [see below] in history have completed an Ice Zero Mile (1.6 km open water swim in water temperature below 1°C). Among those 11 intrepid aquatic adventurers, Ram Barkai has done 11 total Ice Miles over the course of his career. “I believe that every single person

Courtesy of Scott Zornig, Swim Camp Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, California. Scott Zornig is organizing his 5th edition of Swim Camp Catalina and hosting his second Swim Camp Mexico. Swim Camp Catalina V will be held October 25th-28th in Avalon on the southeast side of Catalina Island. In addition to the blue waters of the

Courtesy of Wikipedia, Everglades, Florida. A school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida resulted in the death of 17 people. The tragedy resulted in the usual condemnations from politicians, parents and authorities – and shock from students – from yet another school shooting in America. The sad tragedy is not