Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Never in the history of open water swimming have a group of medical professionals ever been so vital to the mission than the doctors and nurses of the Bering Strait Swim. The Bering Strait Swim was honored for its 6-day relay crossing from Russia to Alaska. The 121-member team included the renowned Dr.
Photo courtesy of Ram Barkai shows Dale Petranech, inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame conversing with and congratulating Russians Alexandr Brylin (left) and Tatiana Alexandrova (right) at the 2014 WOWSA Awards on the Isle of Bute in Scotland where the members of the Bering Strait Swim were awarded the 2013 World Open Water Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When it comes to swimming in cold water, few people have reached the heights of Alexandr Brylin. Brylin is a renowned Russian ice swimmer who participated in the unprecedented Bering Strait Swim, the 6-day, 86 km relay swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The inaugural Great Pacific Race, a 3,862 km rowing race from California to Hawaii, is promoted as "the biggest baddest human endurance challenge on the planet." While that is a statement that ultra-marathon runners, channel swimmers, mountaineers, endurance cyclists and race drivers can easily debate, we
An Extraordinarily Powerful Film Of Adventure Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was the most dangerous and risky open water swim in history. During the Bering Strait Swim from Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales in the state of Alaska, U.S.A. (via Big Diomede and Little Diomede Islands), there were only 3 media
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Night Jar Travel offers comprehensive guides to South Africa via a magazine and destination guide. It also sponsors a Night Jar Adventurers of the Year award in South Africa. Given the adventurous spirit, the hardened physicality, and tough mindset of the South Africans, eight groups of nominees represent
Many adult swimmers did not develop based on a structured youth swimming system with professional coaching and competitive swimming pools. Most sea swimmers never followed a formalized training program or daily workout schedule. They have no deep-seated desire to compete or win. They simply swim on their own, enjoying the open water and marine
Bering Strait Swim Is 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was the most dangerous and risky open water swim in history. So many things could have gone wrong among the 121 members in the 6-day, 53-mile (86 km) relay adventure. But so many things went right instead. The Bering Strait
Ice swimmer Jack Bright set out on a goal and achieved it this past week in Siberia. The filmmaker of Winter Swimming and a member of the Bering Strait Swim completed his personal goal of swimming 1000m in Tyumen in what he calls an ice hole in water that neared 0ºC. "It is always a good feeling when you reach a goal. It was a great event at Tyumen [with]
With the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games coming up, the Olympic torch is being carried to the home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. It was carried over ice-cold rivers and mountains on its way to Sochi with the help of famed Russian ice swimmers Alexander Brylin and Sergey Popov. They both served as the Russian representatives on the Bering Strait
