If You Are A Kayaker Or Paddler, Liquidpel
April 30th, 2012 | Liquipel | No Comment
For anyone who kayaks, escorts or paddles for open water swimmers, triathletes or channel swimmers, Liquipel offers a completely different way to communicate with the outside world.
By Liquipeling your mobile ...
The Doctor Is In, Quietly Confident Around The Water
April 30th, 2012 | Cecil Gordon M.D | No Comment
Cecil Gordon M.D. has a quiet, professional demeanor that is well-suited for his role as one of the leading pool and open water swimming officials in the United States.
He was ...
All Well With The First World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship
April 30th, 2012 | Canada | No Comment
FINA President Dr. Julio Maglione announced the first FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships that will be held in the Niagara Falls area in Welland, Canada between August 16-19, ...
Ashley Twichell Goes 3 For 3 At Open Water Festival
April 29th, 2012 | Christine Jennings and Emily Brunemann. | No Comment
Another race in the Miromar Lakes proved another demonstration of the strength, high navigational IQ and the increasing confidence of Ashley Twichell.
The recent Duke University graduate who moved to the ...
Cashing In On Marathon Swimming
April 29th, 2012 | Cliff Lumsdon | No Comment
The Daily Mail reported that Olympic 10km Marathon Swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of £500,000 from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor ...
Olympic 10km Marathon Swim Dark Horse, Ashley Twichell
April 29th, 2012 | Bill Rose. | No Comment
Emerging from Duke University in her own quiet way, the statuesque Ashley Twichell has been impressing her coach at the Mission Viejo Nadadores on a daily basis for months now.
"She ...
Don’t Get Wet. Is Your Phone Waterproof?
April 29th, 2012 | Open Water Services | No Comment
With open bodies of water ubiquitous in the lives of swimmers and mobile communications a modern-day convenience bordering on a necessity, the convergence of those two elements is never a ...
Swimmers Succeed At Surfbreak Swim At Supertubes
April 28th, 2012 | Brenton Williams | No Comment
The 4 km BloodScan Jeffreys Bay Swim Challenge was got to a cold start in its inaugural run as part of the BloodScan Surf Challenge.
Jeffreys Bay, home of Supertubes, one ...
Making The Cut Around Hall Head Island
April 28th, 2012 | Australia | No Comment
It is highly unusual to see a swimmer in the Dawesville Cut. In fact permission is required to use this waterway, so the afternoon fishermen were surprised to see this ...
Think About It – Live Like You Love The Ocean
April 28th, 2012 | BLUEMiND 2 Summit | No Comment
Live like you love the ocean is easy for open water swimmers to do. Open water swimmers love the smell of the ocean air, the sound of the sea breeze ...
Bloodscan Jeffreys Bay Swim Challenge Along Perfect Wave
April 28th, 2012 | Bloodscan Jeffreys Bay Swim Challenge | No Comment
Like thousands of new swims around the world that attract pioneering open water swimmers, a handful of hardy open water swimmers are heading to Jeffreys Bay in South Africa for ...
Ashley Twichell Wins USA National Championships
April 27th, 2012 | 10K Swim | No Comment
Ashley Twichell of the Mission Viejo Nadadores played her cards right and comfortably won the USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Myers, Florida this bright sunny morning.
After hugging ...
Olympic Dreams Will Start And End In Ft. Myers
April 27th, 2012 | 10k | No Comment
Yet the flip side of that equation is unabated sadness and intense disappointment. While the winning athletes are flushed with adrenaline and beaming with wide smiles, the athletes on the ...
It Was A Kick For Andrew Gemmell In Fort Myers
April 27th, 2012 | 10K Swim | No Comment
Andrew Gemmell has a kick. A tremendous kick. His kick propelled him from the rear of the pack to a silver medal finish in the 10 km at the 2009 ...
Thomas Lurz and Jana Pechanová Close Out Cancún Fast
April 26th, 2012 | Marathon Swims | No Comment
Right off of the magnificent Hotel Be Live Grand Viva Beach, Thomas Lurz of Germany and Jana Pechanová of the Czech Republic sealed their latest professional marathon victories with impressive ...
Another 2 Miles Into History With Dr. Harry Briggs
April 26th, 2012 | Dr. Harry Briggs | No Comment
Dr. Harry Briggs, a political science professor and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer, will continue to make his own history with another two-mile swim across Kincaid Lake near Alexandria, ...
Cancun’s 15K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix
April 26th, 2012 | 10k | No Comment
The athletes competing in the FINA 15 km Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race (Maratón Cancún) in Cancun, Mexico today include the same athletes who competed in Tuesday's FINA 10K Marathon Swimming ...
Don Watson Doing It The Hinsdale Way
April 25th, 2012 | American Swimming Coaches Association. | No Comment
Don Watson was a renowned pool and marathon swimming coach whose relationship with his athletes and the successes that they shared remain a standard among the coaching community.
Coach Watson coached John Kinsella and Sandra Bucha throughout ...
Olympic Preview In Cancun With Lurz, Gianniotis And Company
April 25th, 2012 | 10k | No Comment
Open Water Podcast
Cancun Mexico... A Preview of London 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming
In what may have been a preview of the highly anticipated finish at the Olympics, Thomas Lurz won the FINA 10km Marathon ...
Snap is Back Bigger And Better Than Ever
April 24th, 2012 | Open Water Swimming | No Comment
The Snapping Tortuga is getting bigger and better.
The early-season event drew a competitive field of swimmers including 2011 Ironman Korea champion Balazs Coske (pictured on left) who was the overall 5 km winner ...
Wild Week On The Worldwide Waterways
April 24th, 2012 | 10k | No Comment
Throughout the calendar year, there are some weeks when open water swimming events simply overwhelm the senses. This week is one of the jam-packed open water periods that kicks off ...
FINIS Finds, Fixes Freestyle Flaws Fast
April 24th, 2012 | Open Water Swimming | No Comment
The new Agility Paddles from FINIS are quite simply cool and a great addition to my training gear.
The strapless paddles are a fantastic self-teaching aid that immediately enables you to become kinetically ...
Safety: First, Foremost And Velocity Neutral
April 24th, 2012 | California (USA) | No Comment
Open water swimmers and triathletes often push the envelope. Adventurist types want to see what they are made of and see how close they can reach their true potential. When ...
What To Do When The Weather Turns Bad In The Open Water
April 23rd, 2012 | Jonathan Strauss | No Comment
Conditions do not always cooperate when open water swims are held. This places a huge amount of pressure on the race directors, safety personnel and volunteers.
When rains, winds, waves, marine ...
