Alex Kostich Wins Swim Around The Rock
Alex Kostich Swims Around The Rock Courtesy of Water World Swim, Alcatraz Island. Alex Kostich came very close to breaking the original 5.25 km Swim Around The Rock course record set by Oliver Kusch in [...]
Will Records Fall Around The Rock?
Will Records Fall Around The Rock? Courtesy of Water World Swim, San Francisco Bay, California. Oliver Kusch and Aubrie Smallwood hold the course records for the 3.6-mile Swim Around The Rock. Kusch set the men's [...]
Zach Margolis Swimming In Style
Zach Margolis circumnavigation swim course around Manhattan Island swum in 7 hours 33 minutes in June 2019 Zach Margolis Swimming In Style Courtesy of Zach Margolis, San Francisco, California. Zach Margolis is a [...]
Smiling In The Bay
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "It is a beautiful day out in Aquatic Park [in San Francisco, California] with Kim [Chambers]," wrote Darren Miller. It is not often that two Oceans Seven swimmers train [...]
24 Hour Swim Relay In San Francisco
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison is not the only swimmer traveling around the world to test himself for 24 hours in San Francisco Bay this weekend. "We have about 50 swimmers," says [...]
Jeff Everett Wondering What Comes Next
Courtesy of 54-year-old Jeff Everett, who has completed three Oceans Seven channels. Jeff Everett has completed three Oceans Seven channels (English Channel, Catalina Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar) after his 50th birthday. He explains [...]
The Look Of The Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kelley Prebil has been swimming all her life. She loves the water. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is a member the Oak Streakers of [...]
Aquatic Park Update
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Last week, the open water swimming community was shocked and saddened with the plans of the U.S. federal government and commercial interests to move the ferry service to Alcatraz [...]
Historic Aquatic Park May Be Lost To Commercial Interests
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are several iconic venues in the open water swimming world from Dover to Manhattan Island. These locations provide not only historical perspectives, but also present continued opportunities for [...]
The Joys And Challenges Of The Open Water
Video courtesy of host Ori Sela, together with Water World Swim's Pedro Ordenes and Steven Munatones in Aquatic Park, San Francisco, California.