Courtesy of Brilliant Studios, Turks & Caicos. Ben Stubenberg and Chloe Zimmermann co-organized the 8th annual Race for the Conch Eco-SeaSwim in Turks & Caicos. “Eight years ago, the first Turks & Caicos “Race for the Conch” Eco-SeaSwim could barely muster 50 swimmers. This year on July 1st, the international swim race in the clear, […]

Courtesy of Rubén Vara, Santa Engracia, Spain. Travesía a nado del Embalse de Santa Engracia is an open water swim in Araba in the Basque area of Spain on July 30th. The Travesía originally started in 1956 and then was disbanded. After several attempts to re-organize it for many years, the race was finally restarted

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Veteran escort Peter McIntosh observed the Swim Around The Rock in San Francisco Bay around Alcatraz Island by Paige Kieding, “She had the best sighting skills of all time.” Vito Bialla confirmed the swim by the 14-year-old Santa Barbara Night Train swimmer. “It was the first non-wetsuit swim around

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. Race director Phil White reported 13 swimmers participated in the Son of a Swim as the open water swimming season in 67°F watr got underway in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont on July 1st. 13-year-old Vera Rivard led the pack, completing the 6-mile course in 2 hours 45

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim Camp Panama will kickoff its inaugural edition in the San Blas Islands. The boutique swim camp is limited to 16 campers. Camp director Scott Zornig describes the location. “San Blas is an archipelago comprising approximately 365 islands, of which only 49 are inhabited. They lie off the north

Yoga on the beach led by Asha Allen Janet Manning, Lynn Kubasek and Asha Allen jumping for joy Content courtesy of Scott Zornig on Santa Catalina Island, California. Swim Camp Catalina was envisioned and co-founded by Scott Zornig and Jamie Patrick and co-hosted with Lynn Kubasek. The popular camp is now in its fourth year

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim Camp Mexico is an open water swimming camp held on March 14th – 18th 2018 in Baja California on the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Swim Camp Mexico is a boutique swimming camp limited to 30 athletes. The host hotel is the Inn at Rancho Leonero, an old-style Mexican

Courtesy of Canah along the Danube River, Germany. On his fourth attempt, Romanian endurance athlete Avram Iancu completed a 17 hour 54 minute crossing of the English Channel. Iancu possesses a depth of commitment and passion for open water swimming as he continues his 60-day stage swim of 2,860 km in the Danube River. The

Courtesy of Evgeny Levashev, Teriberka Bay, Russia. The Arctic Swim is touted as the The Ultimate Race At The Far Side Of The World, organized by Alexandr Bazanov, Serge Rybkin, Andrey Mindryukov, Marat Bogdalov, and Evgeny Levashev of X-Waters. The Arctic Swim offers two distances: half mile and 1 mile courses. The starting point of

Courtesy of Evgeny Levashev, Seliger Swim, Russia. The Seliger Swim offers four different races: a 10 km marathon swim, a 5 km swim, a 1-mile swim and a relay (2 x 5 km) on June 17th – 18th 2017 in Seliger Lake, Ostaskov City, Russia. Top 10 Results in 10 km Marathon Swim 1. Сарамутин