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
Nuala Moore and dozens of other like-minded extreme swimmers from all around the world are currently on their way to the Diomede Islands. They will soon embark on what is, by far, the most dangerous and risky open water swimming relay in human history. They will participate in an unprecedented 86 km relay of the entire distance of the treacherous Bering
A pre-event report by Ram Barkai on swimming from Russia to America across the Bering Strait: A notorious group of South African extreme swimmers are at it again. Only this time their challenge sees them heading to one of the most remote, frigid and hostile waters in the world – the Bering Strait. They will attempt to swim from Russia’s mainland, across
Of all the open water swimming events to be held during the recent past and foreseeable future, we cannot imagine a swim with a higher level of risk and inherent danger than the 86 km Bering Strait Relay Swim scheduled for July 28th. 40 swimmers including the swimmers listed below from 14 countries will attempt to swim 53 miles from Cape Dezhnev, Russia to
The Bering Strait Crossing of Philippe Croizon was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. [Read more...] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
Extreme swimmer and filmmaker Jack Bright had to break some bad news to his fellow teammates on their planned relay swim across the Bering Strait. Their Russian ship, the Akademik Schokalskiy, was ready to guide them from the Russian side of the Bering Strait to the American side, but the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow sent a very late-date
Open Water Source was privy to one of the most fascinating and beautiful open water swimming brochures ever created. Sergey Novikov, Founder and President of the Russian American Community Association and President of Meeting of the Sun North America, will soon launch a website and distribute a brochure with powerful imagery and inspirational information of
Some open water swimmers diss neoprene-clad triathletes who regularly cloak themselves in black. But the ability to withstand cold water is always relative. While some swimmers from perennial warm-water areas have problems acclimating to the English Channel, there are others like Lynne Cox who can sit in a 50°F (10°C) cold tank for 2 hours and have her
The members of the International Relay Swim Across The Bering Strait including 45 swimmers from the UK, USA, Canada, China, Czech Republic and Russia.The individuals are all experienced ice- and cold-water swimmers who have trained specifically for extreme conditions - which they will undoubtedly encounter in the 86K across the Bering Strait, first famously
Jack Bright reports from above the Arctic Circle, "For the last two weeks I have been in Petropavlovsk Kamchatski in Russia. I am participating in what will be a historic swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska USA (via Big and Little Diomede Islands). The water temperature is estimated to be between
