To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of Discovery Channel. The Discovery Channel announced that its July 23rd SHARK WEEK episode called PHELPS VS. SHARK: GREAT GOLD VS GREAT WHITE that will feature Michael Phelps swimming against a Great White Shark. “They are one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet: Sharks. He is our greatest champion to […]
How Will They Show Phelps vs. Shark? Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad‘s Find A Way won the International Autobiography of the Year in Sports Writing & Publishing from the Cross Sports Book Awards. “This memoir is a dramatic, page turning account of the epic endurance quest that led to that moment, and is also a galvanizing call to live
Diana Nyad Wins International Autobiography of the Year Read More »
Courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Although the Chesapeake Bay Swim has been an annual event since 1982, the sport of open water swimming in the Chesapeake Bay is growing even more. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation reports that swimmers have noticed the cleaner water in recent years, but they are worried that the
Invest In Your Health And Chesapeake’s Health Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Expect the unexpected is very much understood by experienced open water swimmers and their support crews. But sometimes even the unexpected goes beyond what a swimmer expects. Devon Clifford left Southern California on Tuesday morning, scheduled to arrive in New York City by the evening in order to participate
Trains, Planes And Automobiles To The Hudson River Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The longer we cover the open water swimming community, the more we become inspired by and awed by the exploits of swimmers in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. People like 73-year-old Toshio Tominaga crossed Japan’s Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in 9 hours 58 minutes in
Getting Better As We Get Older In The Open Water Read More »
Courtesy of David Rieder, Swimming World Magazine. David Rieder of Swimming World Magazine interviewed Jordan Wilimovsky about swimming the 1500m freestyle and 10 km marathon swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. While juggling the two events the Olympics, Wilimovsky faced a tall order to medal in both events, ultimately finishing fourth in the 1500m
Off Deck And Offshore With Jordan Wilimovsky Read More »
Courtesy of Steele Whowell, Swim 4 Freedom, Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. The 9th annual Swim 4 Freedom will be held on August 6th. Safety of the 8-mile marathon swim on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin has become a growing concern. In an effort to make the swim safer and get everyone out of the water sooner, race
Swim 4 Freedom, Shorter But Still An Important Distance Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 20-year-old Scout Tommey upstaged all the men and won the first stage in the one-mile ocean race at the 2017 Reef & Run Series on June 8th. The second stage is held tomorrow on June 15th for the Week 2 race on East Beach in Santa Barbara, California. East
Scout Tommey Wins Opening Stage At Reef & Run Read More »
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 1993 Waikiki Roughwater Swim was an event filled with studly ocean swimmers including Olympians and national champions. It was so fast that the 1993 race was one of the few times since 1972 that no women placed in the top 20 (Lisa Hazen was the first woman in
Darren Turned It On In The Ocean Read More »
Courtesy of Streams of Plastic directed by Gary Bencheghib with production from Doug Woodring, Jon Slayer and Executive Production by Charlotte Vick. Streams of Plastic is a short film about the impact and rivers have on the quality of the water in the ocean and what humans can do about it. Co-producer Doug Woodring explains,
Streams Of Plastic By Gary Bencheghib & Ocean Recovery Alliance Read More »