Mauricio Prieto With Antonio Argüelles On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Barcelona, Spain. WOWSA Live will feature Spain's Mauricio Prieto. He co-founded eDreams, the fifth largest global online travel agency, leading various functions of the company throughout its 15-year lifecycle from launch to IPO. He started swimming on a regular basis in
From Shore To Shore Across The Atlantic Courtesy of WOWSA, Atlantic Ocean. 46-year-old Mark Pollard from London was part of an English Channel relay in 2010. The 12 hour 37 minute minute crossing planted a seed in his mind. A really big seed. But Polland's goal needed time and years of swimming to percolate. His first crossed the 14.4 km Strait of
Diego López Dominguez To Attempt The Islands Seven Courtesy of Diego López Dominguez, Canary Islands. 100 km west of Morocco at its closest point lies the Canary Islands (Islas Canarias). There are eight Canary Islands (Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, La Graciosa) and seven potential channels to swim
The Canary Islands (Spanish: Islas Canarias) are a Spanish archipelago located 100 km off the northwest coast of mainland Africa from the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. In this outermost region of the European Union, one of the few people in the world to complete a full Ironman, an Ice Mile and Oceans Seven channels, Pádraig Mallon set out
Training hard requires sacrifice, focus and commitment, but there are some nice benefits when you are at the elite level. The Italian national open water swimming team was able to train in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, where other elite open water swimmers from Europe also often train. In addition to six hours of swimming (8:30 - 11:30 am and 6:00 -
