Nejib Belhedi To Be Honored At WOWSA Ocean Fest Courtesy of Nejib Belhedi, Sfax, Tunisia. Nejib Belhedi is the Father of Ouma. He summed up the history of Ouma in his native Tunisia here. Belhedi, [...]
Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation, Lake Powell, Arizona-Utah. Course map of Sarah Thomas' 80-mile (128.7 km) 56 hour 5 minute solo swim in Lake Powell is courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation, Lake Powell, Arizona-Utah. The [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cristian Vergara and his support team are ready for his unprecedented 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation swim of Easter Island on Tuesday, November 29th. Crew member Capri Djatiasmoro reports, "The [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Well-known open water swimmers, physicians and personalities have given TED Talks around the world over the years Ocean advocate Lewis Pugh, motivational speaker Diana Nyad, Olympic champion Maarten van [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2017 Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association (NEKOWSA) swim season includes the following events: * Son of a Swim on July 1st (2 miles, 4 miles, 6 miles) [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Self-driving cars are in mankind’s future...as is self-sailing and - quite possibly - self-traversing in open bodies of water. Self-sailing, wind-powered marine craft like the Saildrone are controlled via [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Into the Maelstrom was an open water swimming tandem swim by 24-year-old Jack Hudson, 26-year-old Calum Hudson and 29-year-old Robbie Hudson across the two biggest and most powerful whirlpools [...]
Photos courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg, Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel. It is not often that a swimmer completes two historic, unprecedented swims that require international diplomacy within one calendar year. But Jackie Cobell is [...]
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The nominees for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, [...]
