To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Abhejali Bernadova became the first Czech citizen to complete a swim from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. The slender 39-year-old from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in Zlin, Czech Republic battled 9-11°C water to add another crossing to her growing number of open water swims with […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Endless Pool exhibited its product on the West Coast of America with elite swimmers Megan Rankin and Lexie Kelly, curious conference attendees looked upon the young women swim effortlessly against the oncoming jet stream. Attendees would touch the warm water, and ask how they could use the product
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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Yakutsk, Russia. In preparation for his 52m Under Ice Swimming challenge in Yakutsk, Russia, Irish ice swimmer Ger Kennedy had to stress his body and mind in ways in which he had never experienced before. Despite having completed an ice mile, ice kilometer, and other winter swimming endeavors on the surface
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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Yakutsk, Russia. Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 450 km south of the Arctic Circle, was the site of Irish ice swimmer Ger Kennedy‘s lastest open water adventure. After his ice mile and other ice swimming endeavors performed on the surface of the water, Kennedy was looking for something
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Petar Stoychev has been doing flip turns in a pool all his life. The 5-time Olympic swimmer and 11-time professional marathon swimming champion has done tens of thousands of kilometers swimming back an forth in a pool, always doing flip turns at the end of the pool. But now
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The elite competitors of South America competed in the 10 km race at the IX Campeonato Sudamericano (2016 South American Championships) held in the Paraguay River in Lambaré, Paraguay. Men’s 10 km Results: 1 Martín Miguel Carrizo Yunges (ARG) 2:00:28.89 2 Guillermo Vittorio Bértola (ARG) 2:00:32.26 3 Iván Alejandro
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. La Batalla de Rande a Nado, a 27 km marathon swim in the Ria de Vigo in northwestern Spain, will be held on June 25th. With water temperature expected to be 15-19C. The race format involves the athletes swimming in 3 groups for the first 20-24 km and then
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michiel Land is a Dutch open water swimmer from Amsterdam who heads Open Water Swimming Amsterdam. “My friends from Open Water Swimming Amsterdam and I are promoting our amazing sport in our region,” explains Land. “People enjoying their surroundings in a healthy way is never a bad thing, right?
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michelle White is a 44-year-old Irish open water swimmer who participates in channel crossing relays. Last summer, she became the first known person to complete the Relay Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Her Relay Triple Crown included the following relay swims: 1. English Channel completed in 17 hours
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many, if not most, open water swimmers find their niche after a while. Some like Lynne Cox, Lewis Pugh, and Ram Barkai find their niche early in their career and enjoyed a long career. Others enjoy dabbling in various niches from professional racing to channel swimming to winter swimming
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