The Grip Of The Rip
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offer tips to help swimmers stay safe in the sometimes hazardous waters of the ocean. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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Cashing In At The Flowers Sea Swim
BJ Bedford earned an Olympic gold…so did Gary Hall Jr….as did Ian Crocker…and Scott Goldblatt…and Gary Hall Sr….and Kaitlan Sandeno… They all will be at the 20th annual Flowers Sea Swim. As Crocker says, “This is the only open water swim that I do. It is wonderful event.” Over 25% of the 860 entrants are
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When Friends Fight In The Open Water
There are usually no more than 256 athletes who compete at the international level in the professional marathon swimming world. It is a small niche in the overall open water swimming. So naturally the athletes are close-knit, friendly and respectful of each others time and commitment to the sport. At international competitions, they greet each
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Setubal Bay – Where North Carolina And Tunisia Meet
In an example of how international the global community of open water swimming is, American Catherine Vogt is the marathon swimming coach for Ous Mellouli, the Olympic gold medalist from Tunisia who also looking to qualify for the 10 km marathon swim in Setubal Bay, Portugal this weekend. The blonde hair, blue-eyed Vogt has enjoyed
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Ous Mellouli vs. Grant Hackett In The Open Water
At the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships, teammates, swimming fans and prognosticators were shocked when world and Olympic champion Grant Hackett did not qualify for the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Hackett had everything you could imagine in an open water swimmer: proven sprinting speed (with a 1:46 200m freestyle),
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16°C – Expect The Unexpected Rules Setubal Bay
Decades of training, years of preparation, dreams of the Olympics. That is what all the marathon swimmers have under their swim caps. Yet, as open water swimmers, they must expect the unexpected…and that is what they are getting in Setúbal Bay along the Portuguese coast 40 km south from Lisbon, Portugal for the 2012 FINA
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Neoprene Neophytes In The Open Water
As the northern hemisphere summer heats up and open water swims start to dot the weekend calendars, the number of swimmers who take to the oceans, lakes and bays in neoprene wetsuits increases. The sleek look of black skimming along the surface along shorelines and coastal waterways is a sure sign of the popularity of
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Boxed In A Changing World
Allen Collins, curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and Evan Orellana of the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, reported that the dreaded and extraordinarily venomous box jellyfish has started to appear in Florida in much greater numbers. “We’re seeing this happening everywhere all over the planet. Species
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24% Combine Camaraderie, Challenge And Competition
9,762 adult swimmers, from Olympians to newcomers to the world of aquatics, are heading their way to Riccione, Italy to participate in the 14th FINA World Masters Championships. The organizers in the seaside town found their most popular event was the 3 km open water swim. Among all the butterflyers, backstrokers, breaststrokers, freestylers, relay members
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Celebrating The Legacy Of Jim Doty
There is a free 1-mile open water swim in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts on June 16th to honor International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Jim Doty. The bedrock of the New England open water swimming community, he dedicated his life to promoting swimming and a clean environment in New England waters. His legacy will be celebrated
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