The History, Tradition And Pageantry of Epiphany Swimming
March 31st, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
In Europe, there is an old church tradition on January 19th of each year according to the Orthodox Christian calendar. In some southern and eastern European countries people dive for ...
Early Birds In Las Vegas Man The Dam
March 28th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
Kara Robertson has put open water swimming on the map in the middle of the American desert.
She is hosting the U.S. Masters Swimming 10K National Open Water Swimming Championships along ...
Relaying In The Open Water – Funky Freestyling
March 26th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
The traditional channel relay rules are strict and rightly so. Individual relay members must continue to swim in the same rotation and must swim for the same specific period of ...
I Got Stung By A Jellyfish – Tell Your Story
March 25th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
If you have been stung by a jellyfish, there is a website for you: IGotStung. Whether you had a bad sting or just a little sting, dozens of stings or ...
Do Freestyle To Escape The Need For FreeStyle
March 24th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
At restaurants, people eat more depending on how many people they are dining with.
Researchers have documented that people eating alone tend to eat the least amount of food.
In contrast, people ...
A Core Element Of Swimming: Staying Dry And Fit
March 23rd, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
Because they spend so much time in the water, swimmers have an interesting viewpoint and phrase for exercises done on land.
Dryland.
From their watery perspective, swimmers and coaches use the term ...
Open Water’s Uniqueness Among Endurance Sports
March 22nd, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
There are many endurance sports and adventure endeavors in the world. Men and women push themselves in all sorts of ways, conditions and distances from triathlons to ultra-marathon runs, mountaineering ...
Doug McConnell Digs Deep vs. A Zillion Little Barbs
March 19th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
Kelp and dolphins. Turtles and sharks. Salt water and tides. Whales and swells.
These are things that open water swimmers and triathletes who live in the central part of America usually ...
Kicking Workout To Help Body Surfing And Finishes
March 5th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
For competitive open water swimmers and triathletes who participate in ocean swims that end in onshore finishes, especially those with a course through surf, there is a need to have ...
Moreno From Navia Humbly Gives Thanks
March 3rd, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
"The land of Navia´s estuary is in love with swimming," says Juan Ignacio Martínez Fernández-Villamil, otherwise known as Moreno.
"The Descenso a Nado Ría de Navia swim started 55 years ago ...
How To Speed Up Time In The Open Water
March 3rd, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
Do you ever become bored while swimming an open water workout? Do you find yourself losing focus, with a wandering mind? Do you feel like you have been swimming for ...
Clearly Seeing In The Open Water
March 2nd, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
When preparing for an open water swim, the first rule of the field of play is to Expect the Unexpected.
There are so many dynamic variables inherent in the open water ...
The Gateway To India And Inspirational Smiles
February 26th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
The Gateway to India Challenge is a solo 21.97-mile (35.3 km) marathon swim in Mumbai Harbour.
The most recent person to complete this swim was Christian Jongeneel in December 2012. Jongeneel, ...
World Summer Games To Be Held In Los Angeles
February 26th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
It was one of the most touching, inspirational, wonderful open water swims we have ever witnessed since 1968.
It brought tears to not only the spectators, but also several athletes shed ...
Happy Medium of Distance and Speed
February 25th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
For professional open water swimmers competing at the highest level, the Olympic distance of 10 kilometers is their focus.
However, as swimmers need to develop different skills and mindsets to reach ...
Backstroke Swim Rules In The Open Water
February 25th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
With swimmers from Africa and Europe to the Americas, Oceania and Asia doing more and more non-freestyle swims in the open water, the issue of how to define butterfly, backstroke ...
Two In A Million – Superior Swimming By Dennis And Dewey
February 23rd, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
Back on April 7th 1942, Dennis and Dewey Million were born 3 months premature. But the Million twins were little fighters from the day they were born.
Unfortunately, they both lost ...
Sebastian Crawford, Swimming Mile After Mile
February 21st, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
Sebastian Crawford is an open water swimmer from South Africa who most definitely goes the extra mile to push himself and help others.
Crawford won the physically disabled race at the ...
Swimming Fast And Slow With Stops Between
February 19th, 2013 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
Leroy L. Long III and Manoj Srinivasan wrote a paper entitled Walking, running, and resting under time, distance, and average speed constraints: optimality of walk–run–rest mixtures.
We smiled when we read ...
Swimming With Paddles In The Open Water
November 27th, 2012 | Open Water Swim | No Comment
It is a rare occurrence when we take swim training equipment into the ocean. Very rare.
But if the surf is up along the coast in Huntington Beach, California or down ...
Eco-Battle Over Oued Ellouza, Fought With Ouma
November 25th, 2012 | Nejib Belhedi | No Comment
Oued Oullouza in Tunisia has played an essential role over the millennia to build and support the city of Carthage. It is the fishing source for the natives of the ...
Facing Rough Water Out In The Open
November 19th, 2012 | elite open water swimmers. | No Comment
Open water swimmers occasionally hit turbulence and must face surface chop. While rough water and whitecaps are the bane of most open water swimmers and their escort pilots and crew, ...
A Pod Of Phibbies Led By The Chief Ancient
November 18th, 2012 | Crannog Isle | No Comment
For centuries, there have been numerous formal and informal open water swimming pods from Kyoto to Rome.
In seas and rivers, oceans and lochs, these pods rarely fail to have colorful ...
Round And Round They Swam 24 Hours In 15°C
November 17th, 2012 | America | No Comment
Older generations often tell younger people of the tremendous trials and tribulations of their youth and how much more difficult it was "back then" compared with contemporary times. Younger people ...
What Was That Group Of Things In The Open Water?
November 17th, 2012 | curious sharks | No Comment
They are under you, but what do you call that group of things?
It is a colony, pack, herd, school or pod?
Here is a guideline of the proper English-language terms for ...
Dynamic Duo Of Drafting
November 16th, 2012 | 2011 world championships | No Comment
The Open Water Swim Club in Huntington Beach, California occasionally practices drafting and positioning when they train in the pool as well as in the ocean.
One of their tougher sets includes two ...
