Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was quite a swim around Manhattan Island when 43-year-old Julie Isbill of Perth Australia, 51-year-old Clair Harris of Berkshire, UK, and 52–year-old Boguslaw Ogrodnik of Poland competed in the 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim on July 23rd. The trio also completed their quests to complete the Triple Crown […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Starting tomorrow, Joseph Heß studies hard as a Ph.D. student at Technische Universität Chemnitz. But he is taking some time to explore his native Germany during his summer break. Heß plans to swim down the Elbe, 620 km from the Czech border with Germany to Hamburg, Germany in 10

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Red Bull has frequently supported the sport of open water swimming – from sponsoring Stephen Redmond on history’s first Oceans Seven triumph to competitive ocean swims in Mexico. The Red Bull Amaphiko Academy is a relatively new platform for grassroots social entrepreneurs who want to share their experiences with

Photos ourtesy of Pablo Argüelles Cattori, Huntington Beach, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Antonio (Toño) Argüelles Díaz-González became the first Mexican and Spanish-speaking swimmer to achieve the Oceans Seven earlier today with a 13 hour 32 minute crossing of the North Channel. Following in the wake of Stephen Redmond (Ireland), Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden), Michelle Macy (USA),

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ben Lecomte has been living in Austin, Texas in the build-up to The Longest Swim from Tokyo to San Francisco. He has spent years planning, organizing and raising funds for The Longest Swim, a stage swim of up to 6 months across the Pacific Ocean. While his crew members

Courtesy of Ioannis Kifonidis, Toroneos Gulf, Greece. A Greek motion picture inspired by the 26 km International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf (ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΚΟΛΥΜΒΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΔΙΑΠΛΟΥΣ ΤΟΡΩΝΑΙΟΥ ΚΟΛΠΟΥ) will be filmed in Chalkidiki [birthplace of Aristotle], northern Greece in 2019. Experienced marathon swimmers and open water swimmers from Greece and other countries will act as the

Courtesy of Ryan Stramrood, Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. Under normal conditions with even the most experienced channel swimmer, 21 miles through 12.8°C (55°F) water in 12°F air temperature with wind chill and drizzle would seem to be a nearly impossible task. But given a hardened ice swimmer from South Africa supported by an experienced crew, a