Courtesy of Silverline Productions, Moloka’i Channel, Hawaii. The Moloka’i Channel, also known by its original name in the Hawaiian language, the Ka’iwi Channel that means the Channel of Bones, is the 42 km deep-water (701 meters) channel between the islands of O’ahu and Moloka’i in the State of Hawaii. Toni Enderli, a South African entrepeneur […]

Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. Cesar Saade Jr. is a Brazilian open water swimmer who became the first swimmer from the state of Espírito Santo to complete the 36 km crossing of Leme to Pontal in 8 hours 53 minutes. His swim set the new record for a solo

Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. Courtesy of Elias Lefas. The 1.5-mile open water swimming race on Santorini Island in Greece will be held on October 8th. Registrations can be completed here. 2016 Rio Olympic marathon swimmer Kelly Araouzou will headline the female open water swimmers while several men from

Courtesy of World Anti-Doping Agency. David Meca was one of the best open water swimmers in history. Not only did Meca win FINA world championship races in 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2005 and 25 FINA World Cup races while being ranked #1 on the 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003 FINA professional circuits during his lengthy

Courtesy of Liberty Wave Open Water Swim, East Coast Park, Singapore. With political leaders including the Speaker of the Parliament and President of the Singapore National Olympic Council Tan Chuan-Jin, Singapore Swimming Association executives, national team coach Stephen Widmer looking on, Benedict Boon and Chantal Liew [shown on left] won the inaugural Liberty Wave Open

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Julie Newton started off her swimming career in Southern California and continued it in Reno, Nevada. After she received her masters degree, she found herself working as an expatriate in Tokyo. Things were going well until she was transferred to Singapore. “I wasn’t ready for the move; things were

Courtesy of Emma Wynn and the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. Sitting on the coastline of Southern California after a 11 hour 21 minute crossing, Andrew Wynn caught his breath after a rocky crossing of the Catalina Channel. According to his Catalina Channel Swimming Federation crew of Timettra Wellington, Donald Van Cleve and Brad Magit, he

Courtesy of Jill Taylor Utsumi, San Pedro Channel, Southern California. Ryan Utsumi had a busy summer this year. After he warmed up with a crossing of the English Channel in 11 hours 0 minutes last summer, Utsumi from San Francisco, California started off his 2017 summer with a second-place finish in the 28.5-mile 20 Bridges

Courtesy of Petflair. Three pet lovers from Sydney, Australia created a Kickstarter campaign for Petflair, a company that makes customized swimwear, towels, stickers and bags that give tribute to pets. Petflair was created to support Pound Paws, the charity dedicated to reducing the number of pets on death row in animal shelters. Britt is the