Swimming Around The Edges, A Rarity
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
There are all kinds of open water swimming courses:
The classic course is a point-to-point (or linear) course or a bank-to-bank course, but there are also interesting geometric courses (triangular or rectangular or loop), ship-to-shore courses, out-and-back courses, island-to-island swims, coastal swims, transoceanic swims, and circumnavigations.
Although transoceanic swims are very rare, perimeter swims are also not common.
The Neda el Món Prades Siurana Swim is a perimeter swim (3 km, 6 km and 9 km) held on May 1st in Lake Siurana, Spain with both competitive and non-competitive categories.
Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
There are all kinds of open water swimming courses:
The classic course is a point-to-point (or linear) course or a bank-to-bank course, but there are also interesting geometric courses (triangular or rectangular or loop), ship-to-shore courses, out-and-back courses, island-to-island swims, coastal swims, transoceanic swims, and circumnavigations.
Although transoceanic swims are very rare, perimeter swims are also not common.
The Neda el Món Prades Siurana Swim is a perimeter swim (3 km, 6 km and 9 km) held on May 1st in Lake Siurana, Spain with both competitive and non-competitive categories.
Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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