Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The rules of engagement and protocols for a record-setting boat pull effort by Nejib Belhedi‘s World Iron Swims are as follows: 1. Weight of the boat/ship is independently confirmed (e.g., Hached is 1000 tons). 2. Planned courses (Plan A and Plan B) are confirmed with the appropriate marine authorities […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Abigail Bergman (Smith College, Class of 2018), Rebecca Nevitt (Wellesley College, Class of 1988), Charlotte Samuels (Smith College, Class of 2020), Eliza Cummings (Smith College, Class of 2017), Gabriela Kovacikova (Wellesley College, Class of 2014) and Cathleen Pruden (Mount Holyoke College, Class of 2016) will attempt a 40.4-mile (65

Courtesy of Rondi Davies, Hudson River, New York. Four of the 53 participants in the upcoming 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York will attempted to complete all eights stages of the world’s longest competitive open water swim. 40-year-old American Abby Fairman, 59-year-old Brazilian Harry Finger, 58-year-old American Edward Riley, 51-year-old Brazilian Flávio Toi,

Courtesy of USA Swimming, Castaic Lake, California. When the men’s USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships scheduled for 11 am on May 19th and the women’s race scheduled for 1:30 pm, most eyes of the Americans, Australians, Canadians, British, Malaysian, Italian and Tunisian swimmers and coaches are on the water temperature that is bordering

Courtesy of Evan Morrison, Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, California. Photo on left by John Gibbons of Arch Academy Zombies training for the Catalina Channel and the English Channel. Evan Morrison, president of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association announced the following swimmers who will attempt SBCSA-sanctioned marathon swims this summer: * Amy Appelhans Gubser

Courtesy of 100 Days of Blue. On May 29, Dr. Wallace J Nichols will ceremoniously launch #100 Days of Blue at Lake Austin Spa Resort in Austin, Texas. “Please join us (wherever you are) on Day 1 and for 99 days thereafter as we inspire people around the globe to connect with their water and

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After training in America over the last several weeks, including with Team Santa Monica under the intensity of USA Olympic open water swim coach Dave Kelsheimer, Japan’s Yasunari Hirai is off to compete in the 7th Asian Open Water Swimming Championship in the Putrajaya Lake in Malaysia on May

Courtesy of Swim Across America, Catalina Channel, Seven Mile Beach and Kiawah Island. Travel the world raising money to fight cancer with Swim Across America to South Carolina (Kiawah Island), Cayman Islands (Seven Mile Beach), and Southern California (Catalina Channel). These new Swim Across America Experiences are now open for registration. Megan Melgaard explains, “Swim

Courtesy of @baywatchmovie starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra and Alexandra Daddario, opening May 25th. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Michael Phelps head to the ocean in the new movie Baywatch. In a promotional commercial, American actor Johnson puts the GOAT (Phelps) through a series of tests to join an elite group of lifeguards.