Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Ned Denison announced the late Commander Charles Gerald Forsberg OBE, RN (Rtd.) is the recipient of the 2021 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Commander Forsberg was an individual with an unparalleled legacy. He is an icon who was
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed fellow Hall of Famers Roger Parsons, a former British submariner, and his marathon swimming wife and fellow administrator Val Parsons on today's edition of WOWSA Live. In their WOWSA Live interview from their home in
1982 Windermere International Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Windermere, England. On August 7th 1982, a number of athletes gathered for the 26 km Windermere International Championships held under the auspices of the ASA and British Long Distance Swimming Association. The course was 26 km from Bowness to Lakeside to Ambleside in Lake Windermere.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Trevor Smith was one of the founding fathers of the British Long Distance Swimming Association*, serving as its Honorary Treasurer for over 25 years until 1981 and as its president during the 1971 season. He was instrumental in establishing the Lake Windermere International competition every four years as
Courtesy of A Tribute to Maurice Ferguson, British Long Distance Swimming Association. We can barely imagine the charisma, energy and passion that Maurice Ferguson possessed. At the age of 11, he first met his wife Milly who he later married for 53 years and who nearly always accompanied him in or on the water at all his swims. But Ferguson's Hall of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. How times have changed, from swimsuits and goggles to videotaping with drones and online registration of events. Few organizations in the open water swimming world have shifted with the times over a longer period than the British Long Distance Swimming Association. British Long Distance Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On July 15th, the incomparable Colin Hill completed a new swim, length of Kielder Water. Kielder Water is a 5-mile reservoir, the largest man-made body of water in the UK, located in Northumberland in northeast England The local authorities have not allowed any open water swimming in Kielder Water since
How Great And Influential Was Commander Forsberg Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The open water swimming world knows the late Commander Charles Gerald Forsberg OBE, RN as a marathon swimmer, president of the Channel Swimming Association, author of 3 books and a columnist of 40 years promoting the Royal and Merchant Navy's swimming,
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Certainly channel swims, solo marathon swims and relay marathons are long endurance events, but what are the longest solo, non-wetsuit, competitive open water swims in the world? In addition to the English Channel, North Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, Cook Strait and Strait of Gibraltar, this is a short list of marathon
