Courtesy of Asociación de Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar. Laura Gutiérrez Díaz is the daughter of the late Asociación de Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar (Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association) president Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa who passed away on September 12th 2017 at the age of 59 years. Gutiérrez founded and served […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. KIM SWIMS, a documentary film about Kimberley Chambers‘ journey and adventures in the open water world, was directed by Kate Webber. Webber and Chambers’ film will be honored as the prestigious opening night film at the 15th annual Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco, California on March 8th 2018,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Albert Sobirov (28:15) and Kate Steels-Fryatt (35:16) completed the first solo Ice Miles performed in China. With the host Chinese competing against their rival Russians and British in races between 100 and 1650 meters, Russia was represented by Alexander Brylin, Danil Brylin, Edward Hodakovskij, Andrei Mihalev, Victoria Mihaleva, Alexey

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. William ‘Bill’ Goll was initially voted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2011 under a label Pioneer Swimmer. Ned Denison of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame explains the recent induction designation change. “In 2017, the Executive Committee agreed that Bill’s induction

Courtesy of Loved & Upcycled, Standhill, County Sligo. Veronica Kisela made her first laptop cover from her old wetsuit. She now designs and creates bags and wallets and other products are made from kitesurfing sales, bicycle tire tubes and neoprene. Kisela explains, “We upcycle out-of-service sports gear such as wetsuits, sails, bike-tubes and kites, wetsuit

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matías Ola is highly active, pouring his passion in creating and organizing open water swimming events. His Swim Argentina was nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year among the following publications, events, products and offerings: 1. 48 Braçades by Miquel Suñer (Spain) 2. Blue