Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Cristian Vergara and his support team are ready for his unprecedented 38-mile (61 km) circumnavigation swim of Easter Island on Tuesday, November 29th. Crew member Capri Djatiasmoro reports, "The water temperature is 72°F (22°C) for the expected swim of 24 hours or less. The Internet WiFi communication is
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Capri Djatiasmoro completed Stage 6 of the recent 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York. She took 6 hours 1 minute to swim 15.7 miles (25.2 km) from the Tappan Zee Bridge to the George Washington Bridge. The Project Manager for M&J Edelman & Associates in New York City explains her journey to the finish.
Photo courtesy of Robbie Bailey, Bailey Photography. Capri Djatiasmoro of New York flew to Siberia in order to participate in the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships. She has participated in other winter swimming competitions. We asked her why does she push herself to such extremes. "When I push and go outside my comfort zone - yes! it is
Photo courtesy of Robbie Bailey, Bailey Photography. Capri Djatiasmoro of New York flew to Siberia in order to participate in the 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships. She joined 1,275 other athletes from 42 nations in Tyumen, Russia. Djatiasmoro was in and out of the near 0ºC water constantly throughout the competition, competing in the 25m
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Capri Djatiasmoro has seen it all. "Each swimmer has their own unique go-to comfort food. As a crew member, I have seen everything from bon bons, oatmeal cookies and Kit Kats to apple sauce, egg salad, and prosciutto. You name it, it 's out there." In the open water swimming community, many foods and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Winter swimmers kept on getting in and out of the 1.2°C (34.3°F) water of the Hudson River at the 2016 United States Winter Swimming Association (USWSA) National Championships. But the swimmers were not quitting or calling it a day. They had not reached the limit of their potential; rather, they were
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jaimie Monahan will participate in this weekend's U.S. Winter Swimming Association's National Winter Swimming Championship that will be held in New York City. The 36-year-old winter swimming luminary has a much easier time competing in the 2016 National Winter Swimming Championship in Manhattan than the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "I tell people to follow your heart, follow your passion - and you will find that life’s journey will show you amazing people, places, and adventures," so advises winter swimmer Capri Djatiasmoro. The 60-something New Yorker says of her own journey that began with the Coney Island Polar Bears on New Year's
Courtesy of Capri Djatiasmoro, Huntington Beach, California. Capri Djatiasmoro, a 63-year-old dynamo and volunteer extraordinaire with NYC Swim, decided to give herself a nice present for her 63rd birthday. The Project Manager from M&J Edelman & Associates decided to go long and go hard, swimming all the way around Manhattan Island. On July 12th, she
In a tribute to Captain Matthew Webb, the first person to successfully cross the English Channel in 1875, Alan Jay Morrison thought up a new open water swimming challenge for himself. His goal? To replicate Captain Webb's 1879 swim in America using breaststroke. Morrison completed a 7.5-mile marathon swim doing breaststroke from Sandy Hook, New Jersey
