Strait of Gibraltar Archives - Page 7 of 11

Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros Flys Across Strait Of Gibraltar

Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros completed the first butterfly crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar. Coached and promoted by Jose Diaz, the former competitive swimmer known by his nickname HHector in the hip hop world, completed the [...]

When Fate Intervenes, Kim Chambers Blossoms

Now that Kimberly Chambers is ranked sixth on the global Oceans Seven rankings, her profile in the sport is increasing. With the Cook Strait, English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar under [...]

Swim4Good Crosses The Strait Of Gibraltar

Mauricio Prieto, Susan Moody, and Emily Kunze raised $107.461 through 226 donors around the world through grassroots efforts for Worldreader during the three-fer's Swim4Good crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar. Swim4Good is composed of 3 [...]

Flying Across The Strait Of Gibraltar In 7 Hours 5 Minutes

No one has traversed from Europe to Africa via the Strait of Gibraltar doing butterfly until today. Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros escorted by Jose Diaz and his Nadandolibre teammates completed the first butterfly crossing in 7 [...]

Strait Mariposa, Forging A New Way To Africa

Over the thousands of years of recorded human history, mankind has traveled from Europe to Africa in multiple ways and with all kinds of forms of transportation. But no one has traversed from Europe to [...]

Rough Water, Angry Open Water

When the Tsugaru Channel was added to the Oceans Seven, most channel swimmers around the world said, "Where is that? There are tides in the English Channel, jellyfish in the North Channel, huge ocean swells [...]

Michelle Macy’s 6-Year Road To The Oceans Seven

Michelle Macy became the third person in history to achieve the Oceans Seven today. Her 6-year journey started in 2007 with a 10 hour 2 minute crossing of the English Channel followed by a 10 [...]

The Dark Shadows Of Neoprene In The Open Water World

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If you do open water swimming, you swim in a wetsuit, right? That seems to be the standard question and assumption regarding attire worn by open water swimmers. In [...]

Locke And Chambers Duo Finishes Three

"We did it!," Facebooked Kimberly Chambers. "Joseph Locke and I completed our Strait of Gibraltar swim in 4 hours 39 minutes. [It was] a magical swim from Europe to Africa with one very special person. [...]

Joe Locke, Kim Chambers Duo A Two-fer Across Gibraltar

Joseph Locke and Kimberly Chambers will swim together across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco today. The swimming couple will do a two-fer, a duo across the Strait for her third Oceans Seven [...]