Courtesy of Fast and Frozen, North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fast and Frozen is nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for its unprecedented 2-way North Channel crossing between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 29 hours 57 minutes, escorted by Pádraig Mallon's Infinity Channel Swimming. Its members
Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, Infinity Channel Swimming. Start: 7:52.00 am July 27th Landfall in Scotland: 11:33.06 pm Finish: 1:49.23 pm July 28th Time: 29 hours 57 minutes 23 seconds Legs: Each team member swam 5 x 1 hour legs with Elina Makïnen's 5th swim completed in 57 minutes Time from Ireland to Scotland: 15 hours 46 minutes Time from
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 'Fast and Frozen' 2-way North Channel relay team completed its unprecedented journey across the North Channel from Ireland to Scotland to Ireland. The team of famed ice swimmers included Henri Kaarma from Estonia, Ryan Stramrood from South Africa, Anna Carin-Nordin from Sweden, Patrick Corcoran from
Photo of Anna-Carin Nordin and escort pilot Brian Meharg discussing a crossing of the North Channel where she achieved the Oceans Seven. When a swimmer and pilot get together, they become two individuals with a profound understanding and appreciation of what can happen out in the open water. But at the end of the day, the swimmer is tied to the
Courtesy of Katie Benoit, recently emerged from the North Channel. The sport of open water swimming is inherently risky. There is always a possibility that one's goals will not be achieved due to the tempestuous Mother Nature in the form of winds and tides or marine life in the form of gelatinous invertebrates. While the social media enables successes to
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we observe Usain Bolt run, his speed boggles our mind. When we observe Michael Phelps swim, we think, "How does he swim so fast?" When we see other forms of superhuman feats, we are always amazed and humbled how fantastically the human body and mind can perform at the highest levels. At the 2014
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In a land far, far away in a language that few understand and even fewer can read, Masayuki Moriya's Ocean-navi help dozens of swimmers navigate the Tsugaru Channel in Japan and many places around the Pacific Rim. Besides Darren Miller (USA), Stephen Redmond (Ireland), Adam Walker (Great Britain), Mo
What we especially enjoy is seeing the look of wonder and imagination in the eyes of children who are listening to a passionate retelling of an open water swim. Time and time again, we have seen the next generation become enamored with a life of adventure and exploration of an open water swimmer who can dramatically and eloquently tell stories of their
To kick off the Global Open Water Swimming Conference, Stephen Redmond and Anna-Carin Nordin gave a fascinating swim-by-swim description of their Oceans Seven achievement. The audience was in total rapture. “I had this perfect day, a miracle. It was perfect. It was never like that,” said Anna-Carin Nordin. “I had not done anything like that before. It
Anna-Carin Nordin Shines Bright Like A Diamond Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As the first woman to complete the Oceans Seven, Anna-Carin Nordin looked splendid and happy among hundreds of colleagues on the opening day of the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland. The mild-mannered Swedish channel swimming star will
