Courtesy of Underwater Audio, Catalina Channel, California. David Radcliffe has lived a charmed life around the water, from growing up in Southern California to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games to his career in the military and across the Catalina Channel and in various places around the world. A member of The Old Men and the […]

Courtesy of Ned Denison, Cork Distance Week, Sandycove Island, Ireland. They came from all over the world and mostly arrived on Friday, July 7th to the seaside town of Kinsale in County Cork on the south coast of Ireland. The day was spent finding their pre-booked accommodations, meeting roommates, unpacking and getting in the first

Courtesy of Sinead Merrigan , Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. The 26th annual ILDSA Lough Erne 25 km and 17 km National Championship took place on August 5th to some of the best weather of recent years, one of the biggest entry lists, and to a year of firsts including course records, championship records, and the

Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Šabac, Serbia. Vojislav Mijić of the International Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim (Plivački maraton Jarak-Šabac or Peace Race) continues to run an outstanding 19 km race year after year, decade after decade. On August 6th, the 48th edition was held down the River Sava in Šabac, Serbia from the village of Jarak to

Naples Island Swim is an annual bay swim in Long Beach, California

Courtesy of WOWSA, Naples Island Swim & SUP, Long Beach, California. Naples is a neighborhood of Long Beach, California where people have been swimming and competing around its three islands for generations. Naples is a built on three islands located in Alamitos Bay next to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics rowing basin and the Pacific

Courtesy of Simon Sinek. “It’s better to go slow in the right direction than to go fast in the wrong direction,” writes author, motivational speaker and marketing consultant Simon Sinek. Good words to live by in the open water. At the recent FINA World Masters Championships in Hungary, the chief medical officer at the Lake