How Far Is The English Channel? Courtesy of Michael Oram of Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation, English Channel. The courses taken and distances swum by the two slowest swimmers across the English Channel (Jackie Cobell [...]
Deeds Of Distinction In The Open Water Swimming World Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Greatness, however defined, is the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent. "When I think of great open water swimmers, [...]
Mike Oram Talks About English Channel Swimming On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Dover, England. 73-year-old Mike Oram, the world's most experienced channel escort pilot, is a fountain of expertise and experience of all [...]
https://youtu.be/ncSAjP0kRVw World Record Progression Of English Channel Crossings Courtesy of Julian Critchlow, English Channel. Out of curiosity, we wondered what the gradual progression of the English Channel crossing records were since 1875. Based on [...]
> Sweet...Swimming Celebrations After überswimmer Sarah Thomas completed her unprecedented 54 hour 10 minute 4-way English Channel crossing earlier this week, she sat on the rocky shoreline relaxing, relishing her feat, and eating M&M candies. [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Trent Grimsey started to make his mark on the open water swimming, he was not known as a cold water specialist. Far from it. But the Aussie distance [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Coffs Harbour Ocean Swim at Jetty Beach, between Brisbane and Sydney in Australia, is a charity event with 150m, 300m, 600m and 2 km races across a beautiful [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 35th edition of the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 1990 has been a signature race for decades. But the 1990 race was a showcase event that pitted 18 [...]
Courtesy of Tara Diversi, Queensland, Australia. Jane Gordon is a mother of 3 children (8-year-old Hugo, 6-year-old Archie, and 3-year-old Rupert 3). She and her family live in Brisbane, Australia. Coached by English Channel world [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If we had to make a theoretical all-star relay of great male open water swimmers to swim across any of the Oceans Seven channels (English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai [...]
Absolutely Painful Open Water Swims Of The 21st Century Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Muhammad Ali once said, "Champions are made from something they have from deep inside them - a desire, a dream, [...]
25 Years Later, 15 Seconds Short Courtesy of WOWSA, Alcatraz Island, California. English Channel record holder Trent Grimsey just missed breaking the existing record for the fastest swim from San Francisco around Alcatraz Island and [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australian Olympic swimmer Michael Klim announced a new event in Melbourne – the St Kilda Mile Ocean Swim. The December 13th event is an opportunity for the popular Klim [...]
What Are Swimmers Known As? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are a number of colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world with unusual, funny, or poignant nicknames. [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. He started as a pool swimmer, one of the finest Australia distance freestylers in his day. Then he added ocean races to his arsenal in his native Australia and [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In Australia, men can expect to live to the age of 79 years while women can expect to live to 84 years. With an extra 5 years of living, [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Tomasz Pąchalski is a young man with a passion for open water swimming. The manager of the professional-amateur BCT Gdynia Marathon has really helped develop open water swimming in [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Who are these guys on the beach? They are top open water swimmers from South Africa, Italy, Germany, Argentina, and Brazil who compete in the annual King and Queen [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Guanabara Bay is not Copacabana Beach. We find it unfortunate that there are some people in the aquatics world who believe that media reports (e.g., see AP report here) [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If a person wanted to break Trent Grimsey's record across the English Channel of 6 hours 55 minutes or the 1990 relay record of 6 hours 52 minutes by [...]
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