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. When swimmers get together – in real life or online – they often share how much they are training, how difficult their last swim was, how sore they are or how busy they are managing their workouts and work. They talk about the turbulence they face in the ocean, […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Evenel Mervilus, chairman of La Fédération d’Haïti, l’Association de Natation Haïtienne et de Sauvetage (FHSAS), and Executive Secretary Dr. Mendelssohn Maurice, have a huge task at hand and a lot on his plate. But the big-hearted, personable man from Ville De Petite Rivière De L’Artibonite, Artibonite, Haïti is
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Video courtesy of host Ori Sela, together with Water World Swim‘s Pedro Ordenes and Steven Munatones in Aquatic Park, San Francisco, California.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer is a year-round phenomenon, maintaining his successful medical practice, writing books, organizing events like Lucky’s Lake Swim, the Aquatica 1K Swim, and other special events throughout the year. He also rewards swimmers who train in his 1 km course in Lake Cane that abuts his estate
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ship-to-shore swims are a blast. Some are competitive; others are for charity. Everyone gathers in a boat, all crowded and excited to begin. Some venture in their own bioprene; others jump from the boat wrapped in neoprene. As the swimmers step onboard barefooted and simply equipped with goggles and
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Courtesy of Nuala Moore at the inaugural World Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk, Russia. Paolo Chiarino got bit. He was bitten with the winter swimming bug and has transformed his triathlon and endurance talents to the winter swimming world. He has an Ice Mile to his name as well as a number of swims near
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are hundreds of memorial open water swims around the world. The swims call tribute to and help carry on the memories and legacies of well-respected and well-liked members of the global open water swimming community. Young Maggie Fischer (1982 – 1999) was one of these individuals. She was
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photo of Lorna Cochran and sons above is courtesy of Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media. Lots of athletes experience peaks in their athletic careers in high school. Others peak in their university years and a select few continue on to peak at World Championships, the Olympics or as professional athletes. The
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Courtesy of National Geographic from the Amazon River.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Unlike the other niche disciplines in the aquatics world, the leading powers of the distance relay world rarely get together. Michael Phelps has raced against Ian Thorpe. Great games have been frequently played between the world’s great water polo powers. Divers face each other and professional marathon swimmers face
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