Ike Papke Heads To San Francisco
Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame on Ike Papke.
Ike Papke Heads To San Francisco Read More »
open water swimming
Trent Theroux Is Back
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Trent Theroux completed a 17 hour 30 minute 40-mile circumnavigation swim around Aquidneck Island to benefit RISE Above Paralysis. He explains why he attempted this unprecedented swim around the island in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. “13 years ago, I was run over by a motorboat. The propellers severed all
Trent Theroux Is Back Read More »
Clark In Catalina: Butterflies Before, Bliss After
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos courtesy of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. Tracy Clark completed her third Oceans Seven channel on September 22nd with a 12 hour 54 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel. The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation reported, “The Kiwi had some unique encounters with two whales (a mother and a
Clark In Catalina: Butterflies Before, Bliss After Read More »
Bridgette Hobart Goes 9 For 9 In The Finger Lakes
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bridgette Hobart Janesczko successfully completed her ninth and last Finger Lake in New York during her 9-stage 156-mile charity swim for Nazareth College. It was a lifetime goal for the extraordinarily busy company owner and open water swimming race director from Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. Her swim promoted Nazareth
Bridgette Hobart Goes 9 For 9 In The Finger Lakes Read More »
Big Brother, Little Brother In The Open Water
Big Brother, Little Brother In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 2008 and 2012 Paralympian Achmat Hassiem of Strandfontein Village in Cape Town, South Africa and a member of the Pew Environmental Group did something so heroic, so humbling, so beautiful that is defies description. Listen to his explanation about how he
Big Brother, Little Brother In The Open Water Read More »
Why Swim? Because I Like It
Courtesy of Antonio Argüelles, Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. In September 2009 I completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in one season and, with that, became the first person in the world to have achieved the Triple Crown twice. In November of that year I was honored with
Why Swim? Because I Like It Read More »
Alan Morrison To Honor Historic Swim In New York
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. New York attorney Alan Morrison will attempt a historic two-way 24-mile crossing from the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island tomorrow as a charity swim. The swim’s roots go back at least 100 years. On September 27th, the 53-year-old Manhattan breaststroking marathon swimmer will attempt the solo swim from the
Alan Morrison To Honor Historic Swim In New York Read More »
Warehousing Your Own Internal Lane Lines
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Skip Storch, a 2009 Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame once swam three non-stop circumnavigations of Manhattan Island. He described a fundamental difference between pool and open water swimmers, “It has always been my contention that lines are for swimmers that need balance and boundaries.
Warehousing Your Own Internal Lane Lines Read More »
The Cry Of A Champion
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Conrad Wennerberg, who wrote one of the most definitive books on marathon swimming (Wind, Waves and Sunburn – A Brief History of Marathon Swimming), has a treasure trove of first-hand insights into the world of open water swimming. Here is one such interesting historical tidbit: Olympic hero and movie
The Cry Of A Champion Read More »