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. Righardt Krugel is planning a unique 360 km stage swim around Mallorca, Spain. His Mallorca 360º stage swim includes 20 km per day total around Mallorca in the Islas Baleares beginning in Palma de Mallorca on September 20th. He will swim the equivalent of two marathon swims per day […]
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Photos and reporting courtesy of Phil White in the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association. Between August 9th and 17th, scores of swimmers descended on the legendary lakes of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and the Eastern Townships of Quebec. They came from all over North America to participate in one or more swims during
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Anna Olasz has been busy studying at Arizona State University in America, but when the native Hungarian returned home to Europe for her summer vacation, she was busy as can be. From winning the BCT Gdynia Marathon to finishing fifth in the 10 km and second in the 25
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many people call themselves an ocean swimmer. They swim for fun or fitness, charity or competition in the world’s oceans. But no one is in the category of Benjamin Hooper who is truly aspiring to become a true ocean swimmer. An ocean swimmer who plans to swim across the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 49-year-old Susan Simmons was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis nearly 20 years ago. She took to swimming nine years ago to help manage the disease. It has been a long journey, but an extraordinarily interesting one. When she first started swimming, 20 laps of the pool led to 2- to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Netherlands finished with the most gold medals and Germany claimed the most overall medals in the open water swimming events at the 32nd LEN European Swimming Championships. Italy scored the most points after the 5 km solo, 5 km team pursuit, 10 km and 25 km marathon swims.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the world’s most classic marathon swims, the International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen is organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Switzerland. The 27th event saw nearly ideal conditions on August 10th where Allegretti Marco of Italy set a new masters record in 6 hours 19 minutes. From the the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 13-year-old Abi Tripp, 17-year-old Nick Streicher, 17-year-old Michelle Sempowski, 17-year-old Natasha Dobson, 18-year-old Harley Bolton, 21-year-old Natalie Lambert, 23-year-old Jenna Lambert, and 53-year-old Vicki Keith have anxiously awaited the day when they could set off on their relay attempt to swim 305 km from west to east lengthwise across
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Photo of Anna-Carin Nordin and escort pilot Brian Meharg discussing a crossing of the North Channel where she achieved the Oceans Seven. When a swimmer and pilot get together, they become two individuals with a profound understanding and appreciation of what can happen out in the open water. But at the end of the day,
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You never know unless you venture past the shoreline. Photo courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Ocean City Swim Club, somewhere along the south Jersey shore.
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