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Music To Our Ears, Charity Swims By Carina Bruwer

Music To Our Ears, Charity Swims By Carina Bruwer

Music To Our Ears, Charity Swims By Carina Bruwer Courtesy of Carina Bruwer, Alicante - Tabarca, Spain. South Africa musician and swimmer plans 21 km charity swim in Spain in support of Muzukidz Carina Bruwer, [...]

South Africans Launch False Bay Swimming Association

South Africans Launch False Bay Swimming Association

South Africans Launch False Bay Swimming Association Courtesy of False Bay Swimming Association, False Bay, South Africa. A group of seasoned open water swimmers from Cape Town, South Africa have embarked on a mission to [...]

Arafat Gatabazi Walks Across Africa To Swim Robben Island

Photos courtesy of Beautiful News, from Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa. Congolese swimmer Arafat Gatabazi walked over 3,400 km (2,112 miles) through five countries from his native Democratic Republic of Congo to [...]

10 x 10 Possibility: Milnerton Lighthouse to Big Bay

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Milnerton Lighthouse to Big Bay Swim could be a 10 x 10 swim. The 10.5 km marathon swim in Cape Town, South Africa can expect water temperatures between [...]

Tenacious Theodore Graces Open Water Magazine Cover

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photos courtesy of Shawn Benjamin. 58-year-old Theodore Yach started his journey between Robben Island and Cape Town in November 1981. More than 34 years later, he attempted and completed [...]

The Legacy Of Florrie Berndt

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jennie Reznek [shown above] and Mark Fleishman extensively studied the early history of life on Robben Island and the first organized race when 14 swimmers attempted a swim from [...]

Theodore Yach Completes Robben Island Century Swim

Courtesy of Kane Kossew, Cape Town, South Africa. Photos courtesy of Shawn Benjamin. 58-year-old Theodore Yach started his journey between Robben Island and Cape Town in November 1981. More than 34 years later, he completed [...]

#Theodore100 – Robben Island Century Swim

Courtesy of Kane Kossew, Cape Town, South Africa. Capetonian open water swimmer Theodore Yach will attempt his 100th Robben Island crossing in March 2016. The 58-year-old has yet to set the exact date due to [...]

The Build-up To Theodore Yach’s Century Swim

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Theodore Yach is approaching his 100th crossing between Cape Town and Robben Island. He recently completed his 98th crossing in 2 hours 26 minutes and plans to soon reach [...]

Robben Island Centurion (To Be)

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Theodore Yach is approaching his 100th crossing between Cape Town and Robben Island. He recently completed his 98th crossing in 2 hours 26 minutes and plans for more. What [...]