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Joanne Norman has completed six of the Oceans Seven channels. She was swimming well en route across the Molokai Channel this morning.
Joanne Norman On Her Last Leg of the Oceans Seven…Done Read More »
Rob Lea has done a lot – triathlons, summiting Mount Everest, and tackled the English Channel, Cook Strait, Catalina Channel, and North Channel. Today, he is crossing the Molokai Channel.
Edie Hu (50, USA, MSF bio here, @edieswimshongkong) is one of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women, having swum all over the world: This morning at 1:58 am, she set off from Sandy Beach on Oahu on a rare Oahu-to-Molokai attempt. She aimed to become the first woman to complete a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel. Tonight, she
Edie Hu Becomes First Woman to Cross from Oahu To Molokai Read More »
Paul Leonard describes a cookiecutter shark attack during his Molokai Channel attempt in March
Paul Leonard’s First Reactions and Actions in a Shark Attack Read More »
Paul Leonard is one channel crossing from achieving the Oceans Seven after a successful rematch with the Molokai Channel in Hawaii
Paul Leonard Swims Around The World With Sharks and Siblings Read More »
Paul Leonard returns to the Molokai Channel after he was hit by a cookiecutter shark and succeeds with a rare 13 hour 50 minute crossing.
Paul Leonard’s Molokai Channel Redux Is A Huge Success Read More »
Joanne Norman has completed five of the Oceans Seven channels. She was swimming well across the Molokai Channel until she experienced what every swimmer dreads.
The swimmers of Ocean Navi started out doing 1-2 km coastal ocean swimming competitions throughout Japan over a decade ago. Gradually, they started to challenge themselves to longer swim across the Tsugaru Channel and Sado Channel in northern Japan. Now the Ocean Navi teams are regularly heading over to Hawaii to attempt crossings of the
Ocean Navi Completes A Rough Molokai Channel Crossing Read More »
As a University of Hawaii junior Haley Chasin (MSF bio here, @chasin1997) won the 7 km Possibly Annual Hawaii Christmas Looong Distance Invitation Rough-H2O Swim in 2017 in the fastest overall time. She has maintained that speed in her post-graduation years. Today, 27-year-old Chasin set a new women’s record for the fastest crossing of the 45 km Molokai
Haley Chasin Sets Molokai Channel Women’s Record Read More »
Turkish swimmers Yasemin Altintas and Murat Öz had to abort their tandem Molokai Channel crossing at 2 am due to a bite from a cookiecutter shark