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. 25 years ago, Rebecca Collins was fighting for her life against cancer. With the help of her neurosurgeon, she not only survived, but has thrived. Together with her Speedo-touting, goggle-wearing, mile-counting husband Ron Collins, they organize an open water swim in order to give back to those who helped […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Even up, it sure is. The Kingdom Games offers the Aquaman Even Up event on August 1st that is a swimmers’ dream. The Aquaman Even Up includes a 3.5-mile swim followed by a 34-mile bike and a 13.1-mile run. Phil White explains how he came up with these distances
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Colin Hill stays busy participating in ice swims, organizing events and developing new products, but he still finds time to train and compete against the best. Hill will take a little time off of his Chillswim responsibilities this week and will represent Great Britain at the upcoming 25 km
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Whether it is a solo crossing or a relay swim, there are a few open water swims around the world where a trial swim (alternatively called an assessment swim or a check out swim or a qualifying swim) is mandatory. A trial swim is an open water swim required
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmer and guide Brian Suddeth completed the first butterfly Oxford-Bellevue Sharkfest Swim this weekend. One of America’s premier butterflyers, the 54-year-old Suddeth swam the 1.5 km course in the Tred Avon River along Maryland’s eastern shore in Oxford, Maryland in 42:33 against a headwind. Suddeth recalls his
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yuko Matsuzaki will attempt a 25 km in Grace Bay during the week of the Turks & Caicos Race for the Conch Eco-SeaSwim on July 1st. After her solo swim, Matsuzaki and 3-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines will conduct a variety of sea swim clinics at the Alexandra
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The Explorers Club was founded in New York City in 1904 to promote the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space. The Club supports research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences [see map of expeditions above]. Over the years, the Club’s members have included people who were the first to the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On July 26th, a slew of men will chase after one of the oldest records in the open water swimming world, the 5 hour 53 minute swim by Mohamed Marouf at the 26.4 km International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim from Rapperswil to Zürich. He set the record in 1993 as
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim Secure™ are open water swimming products that are designed and marketed by Chillswim® in the UK and Europe. Swim Secure™ is a wide product range of open water swimming dry-bags and tow-floats. Colin Hill describes the increasing use of the products both in training swims and in competitions,
