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 swimmers who raised money to bring books to children in Africa, using mobile technology widely available in the
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 hours 5 minutes. More information on the unprecedented butterfly crossing is here. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
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 Africa via the Strait of Gibraltar doing butterfly. On Sunday September 8th, Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros escorted by his Nadandolibre teammates will launch
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 in the Molokai Channel, sharks and cold water in the Cook Strait, night swimming and whales in the Catalina Channel. How tough can the Tsugaru Channel
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 hour 12 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2008 and another English Channel crossing in 2009 in 11 hours 37 minutes. In 2010, she tackled the Cook Strait in 8
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 discussions with marathon swimmers in California, there is an interesting clash of cultures. These swimmers who so proudly train year-round
"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. [I am] very proud to be the first New Zealand woman to complete this swim. There were perfect conditions for the first couple of hours. It was like a
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 channel. The New Zealander currently living in San Francisco and a member of the Night Train Swimmers has already completed a Molokai Channel swim (19
What Carina Bruwer does is, in a few words, maternally inspirational and athletically amazing. She has completed marathon swims across False Bay in South Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco, Swim Around Key West in Florida (USA), International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf (Greece), English Channel in 12 hours 3 minutes, Around
Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros will attempt to cross the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco butterfly. His attempt is managed by Nadando Libre's Jose Diaz and is called Héctor Ramírez Ballesteros, Nadando Libre, Récord del mundo en el cruce a nado del Estrecho de Gibraltar al estilo MARIPOSA. Nadando Libre will help escort Héctor from Punta Oliveros in
