Ranked below in terms of general global popularity, there are 7 major swimming styles: freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, combat side stroke or sidestroke, dog paddle, and mermaid swimming.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Brenton Williams does another butterfly swim, it is newsworthy. But at his side during training swims is a young selfless paddler, Issataya Bredell. She patiently watches over him and looks ahead in the 14ºC waters of Marina Martinique. Bredell is typical of a South African paddlers and crew
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jendamark Bellbuoy Challenge is organized by Michael Zoetmulder of Zports [shown on left]. The 5 km sea swim is called the most difficult open water race in the Indian Ocean. “This is one of the many epic open water swimming events in South Africa which last year enjoyed a record number of entries,” said
Photo courtesy of Dirk Erasmus. Reporting courtesy of Brenton Williams at Marina Martinique in South Africa. One of the premier events on the JBay December holiday programme, the Marina Mile will take place on December 13th 2015 in the salt water canals of Marina Martinique. "There are plenty of events on offer this year with the Double Mile kicking off
Courtesy of Brenton Williams, Eastern Cape, South Africa. November is the traditional start of the summer open water swimming in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The first event will take place on November 15th at Marina Martinique. The distances that can be swum, either in neoprene or bioprene, are 500m, 1 km, 3 km, 5 km and 10 km and a bank-to-bank
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the last three years, Dan Projansky has been absolutely [Vicki] Keith-like* with miles upon miles of butterfly traveled in various open bodies of water. In addition to this weekend's 36 miles swum butterfly* over 15 hours 22 minutes that he just completed at yesterday's END-WET**, he also did 27 miles
Information courtesy of Brenton Williams. Photo of PJ Duffy and Rudi Schoeman by Dirk Erasmus. Photo of Brenton Williams by Clive Wright. This last Saturday in South Africa, PJ Duffy, Rudi Schoeman, Iain Geddes, Kevin Grey, Brenton Williams, Richden Jute and Ralph West pioneered a rounding of Cape Recife, the most southeastern tip of the African
Courtesy of Brenton Williams from Marina Martinique, South Africa. Young Jeffreys Bay swimmer Seth de Swart [shown above] won the men’s 5 km swim at the NMBA Championships held at Marina Martinique, South Africa, while Amika de Jager won the women’s race. Both swam South African national qualifying times and will represent their province at the South
Courtesy of Brenton Williams, Huntington Beach, California. Sunny weather and a moderate westerly wind ensured warm but choppy conditions for the 2014 Marina Mile which was held over the weekend in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. The Double Mile kicked off the Marina Watersports Festival, presented by Nicholas Melck and Metsi Water Solutions, with swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Photo courtesy of RRAD photography.. The open water swim season will start in the Eastern Cape on 19 October 19th at Marina Martinique in Jeffreys Bay. "The Marina is regarded as a world-class swim venue with its protected salt water canals offering swimmers an environment that is safe from currents,
