Alexandre Fuzeauf, The Newest Iron Iceman Courtesy of WOWSA, Hamburg, Germany. Alexandre Fuzeauf is the world's newst Iron Iceman. The 53-year-old Frenchman is the first athlete to complete an Ice Mile (in 4.97°C water in [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is quite unusual for an athlete to be competitive in both the sprint races and distance events. Athletes like 5-time Olympic gold medalist speed skater Eric Heiden or [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Is a full Ironman Triathlon easier or harder than any of the major marathon swims around the world? The Ironman Triathlon was initiated over a discussion about who is [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Full Ironman triathlons are tough, requiring extraordinary dedication and an incredible level of stamina. Channel swims are arguably even tougher, requiring focus in an environment of unparalleled sensory deprivation [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A Renaissance man often refers to the gifted people of the Renaissance era (from the 14th to 17th century) who sought to develop their full intellectual, artistic, social and [...]
In creating a list of great American areas for open water swimming (see here), we purposefully put Honolulu, Hawaii as Number One (no ka oi). After swimming around the world and observing swimmers and reporting [...]
