Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kosatka means orca or toothed whales in the Russian language. A winter swimming center and club called Kosatka DV in Vladivostok was founded by Oleg Duchuchaev. DV or Dalniy Vostok means Far East that includes East Siberia, Yakutia, and the Pacific Coast. Kosatka DV organizes and trains people for
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from June 2012) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), USA Swimming national team coach Anne Marie Ward spoke with Steven Munatones on a variety of topics. Ward was the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year and is an inductee of the Hall of Fame
Blind Vision, James Pittar Making A Difference Courtesy of James Pittar. Matt Logan has kayaked for International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer James Pittar for many years. He described the relationship. "Kayaking for James is different to kayaking for a sighted person." "On the water, it is blind faith. James is blind and has complete
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Matías Ola of Argentina is known as an ice swimmer and ice festival organizer, he is also embarking on his Unir el Mundo project. His swims around the world include the following: 1. Strait of Gibraltar 2. 86 km Bering Strait Crossing (international relay team) 3. Bering Strait from Big Diomede
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In Tyumen, Admiral Konstantin Semyonovich Sidenko (Russian: Константин Семёнович Сиденко) accepted the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year award on behalf of all the swimmers and support personnel who participated in the Bering Strait Swim. Admiral Sidenko is a Russian admiral of the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There has been no colder relay swim in history. International Relay Swim Across The Bering Strait was an unprecedented 6-day relay swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, Russia to Cape Prince of Wales in the state of Alaska, USA (via Big Diomede and Little Diomede Islands). The swim
Photo of Dr. Irina Zhidkova [on left] with Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova [on right] strategizing onboard the Russian hospital ship Irtysh en route to Alaska during the 6-day Bering Strait Swim. Photo courtesy of Nuala Moore . Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Bering Strait Swimming Near The Top Of The World Courtesy of Nuala Moore of the Bering Strait Swim between Russia and Alaska, U.S.A.. The 6-day relay crossing of the Bering Strait was unprecedented in its scope and daring. With the seeds planted by American Lynne Cox, a team of hardened swimmers expanded upon her 1987 swim from Little Diomede to Big
Mind-boggling scenes and a potpourri of images from the Bering Strait Swim, the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Courtesy of Igor Ageenko, celebrating ice swimmers from around the world in the Bering Strait where swimmers from 15 regions of the Russian Federation, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Italy, Chile, Argentina, Estonia,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 38-year-old Alexandr Brylin and 45-year-old Grigorii Prokopchuk swam between the Diomede Islands on August 1st 2014 from Little Diomede in the USA to Big Diomede (or Ratmanova Island) in Russia. As part of the program 'Arctic: The Present and The Future', the two Russian ice swimmers swam across the
