Ross Youngman Lives Up To His Name, Sets Derwent River Big Swim Record Courtesy of Christopher Guesdon, Derwent River, Tasmania, Australia. The 34 km Derwent River Big Swim is one of The Toughest 13 swims [...]
Swimming In Sharky Waters Courtesy of WOWSA, Magnetic Island, Australia. Shelley Taylor-Smith swam 90 km from 90 km , Australia partly in a shark cage in January 1995 (see the dramatic footage here). She said, [...]
https://youtu.be/bzJv-SZ41II Teaching Open Water To The Next Generation Courtesy of WOWSA, Long Beach, California. Parents and coaches often ask how their young athletes can develop a passion and yearning for the open water. These [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "#20 swim done," wrote Chloë McCardel. "Done!! New Aussie Record!! [Husband] Paul [McQueeney] and I are very excited. 10 hrs 19 min." The 31-year-old from Australia broke the long-standing [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australian marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel is continuing where she left off last year when she swam a three-way English Channel crossing and three one-way crossings in one week. The [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Swimming Hall of Fame has its new headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The city of Santa Clara will postpone its International Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced its 2016 inductees. Among the 17 luminaries in the aquatics world, Desmond Robert Renford, M.B.E. of Australia was deservedly selected for [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In years past, swimmers like Alison Streeter, Michael Read, Kevin Murphy, Cindy Nicholas, and Des Renford did repeated English Channel crossings. In contemporary times, there are a handful of [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Des Renford first swam the English Channel in 1970, he was 43 years old and was referred to in the press as "Maroubra Grandfather Des Renford" because back [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. En route to his attempt to complete the Oceans Seven, New York swimmer Dan Curtis is swimming off the beaten path. On the 40th anniversary of the first successful [...]
Open water swimmers have fascinated and inspired many over the last 140 years. Several landmarks and memorials have been named in their honor. From ferries to swim meets, from parks to statues, from lecture series [...]
T Minus 10ºC - Has Fergal Somerville Set The Standard? Courtesy of WOWSA, North Channel, Northern Ireland - Scotland. When Fergal Somerville of Dublin completed the first North Channel crossing of 2013, he may have [...]
Cliff Lumsdon (Canada), Kevin Murphy (Great Britain), Des Renford (Australia) and their female counterparts Cindy Nicholas, Alison Streeter and Shelley Taylor-Smith call to mind how incredibly resilient and passionate open water swimmers can be. The [...]
The long, cold nights of winter bring to mind the long, cold solo swims of International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Kevin Murphy. Over the course of his career, he has experienced more than [...]
At the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremony that culminates the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference, a renowned member of the open water swimming community will give the Channel Blessing: May your [...]
Kevin Murphy and Des Renford had a renowned 3-swim battle years ago in Australia, across the English Channel and in Loch Ness. Renford won the first round in Sydney, Murphy had the upper hand in [...]
The English Channel swimming community was delighted to hear of Nick Adams's eighth successful crossing of the Channel today. As the president of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, he is well aware of the [...]
It is one thing to swim long distances in the ocean. It is another thing to swim at night. It is an entirely different matter when a swimmer swims all day and all night for [...]
In the new book Iron War, Matt Fitzgerald writes about the battle between famed Ironman triathletes Mark Allen and Dave Scott. In a review by Slowtwitch.com's Dan Empfield, he talks about the widely praised 1989 [...]
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