Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Päivi Pälvimäki, Samuli Keisu and Tuomas Kaario are the visionaries, planners and swimming guides behind the successful Swimming Holidays in Finland. Kiara Oy is the event management company that manages these annual swimming holidays throughout Finland: * Baltic Adventure – Swim around Örö Island: August 2017 4-day swimming holiday […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 24th annual Buzzards Bay Swim will be held in New Bedford Harbor on June 24th in its continued effort to raise money and awareness to help protect the water in Buzzards Bay. The efforts of the Buzzards Bay Coalition is now aided by this swim and enabling the

Photo courtesy of Delly Carr of Swimming Australia Ltd.. After capturing the hearts and hopes of his fellow Australians for nearly two hours in Copacabana Beach at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the marathon swim, Jarrod Poort will carry on and hopes to finish in a podium position at the 2017 FINA World Championships

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Wallace J. Nichols wrote about First Lady Melania Trump and her perspective on Mother Nature [see article here]. Dr. Nichols will host the Blue Mind Summit 7 next week. “Practitioners, researchers, wild water advocates and athletes as well as therapists and indigenous peoples will connect the cognitive, emotional,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “Join the conversation surrounding your ‘brain on water’ and dive deep into the true value of keeping it healthy,” explains Dr. Wallace J. Nichols about the Blue Mind Summit 7. “Practitioners, researchers, wild water advocates and athletes as well as therapists and indigenous peoples will connect the cognitive, emotional,

Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Breaking Down Plastic, California. Doug Woodring spoke at today’s Breaking Down Plastic Conference. His slides are shown below. The conference at the South Carolina Aquarium is currently been webcast live here at Breaking Down Plastic. Breaking Down Plastic is one-day event that brings together thought leaders, plastics experts, innovative entrepreneurs, scientific

Courtesy of Wild Swimming Brothers. The Wild Swimming Brothers will head to Obonjan Island on Croatian this summer. “Join us in Croatia for a programme of creative and enriching experiences, warm sunny skies and turquoise waters. We’ll be hosting a beginner’s swim on July 22nd, an expedition swim around the island on the morning of