15 swimmers between 24 and 61 years will attempt an extreme Swim For Hope tomorrow around Cape Point in South Africa. Fewer than 25 people in the history have successfully completed the 8 km rounding of Cape Point (also known as Cape of Storms). Since the first swim by Lynne Cox in 1979, swims have been limited by the presence of Great White Sharks that
Swim for Hope is an 8 km ocean swim from Diaz Beach to Buffels Bay around Cape Point in South Africa. It is a charity swim for the Little Fighters Cancer Trust. Fifteen swimmers will go on standby on March 1st for one of the most extreme open water swimming challenges in South African waters. In support of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust, a local charity
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Oram (English Channel), Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa (Strait of Gibraltar), Quinten Nelson (North Channel), Greg Elliott (Catalina Channel), Captain Mizushima (Tsugaru Channel), Bob Andrieux (Santa Barbara Channel), and Charlie Gravett (Jersey) are well-known mariners of the world's most challenging open
Whether it is passing under the finish archway in a mass participation swim like the Great North Swim, or a slow crawl up on the rocks after a channel swim in Catalina, how swimmers feel when they step up on the shore can widely vary. At that moment of completion, some athletes free elation, others relief, and others satisfaction and pride. Others fall in
"I was struggling without my goggles in the cold after being crushed by the waves...but I was in a zone where everything was going to that place," explains Carina Bruwer. "It was like I was semi-unconscious..." It was brilliant. The swim had meaning. I was on a mission not for myself, but for the Little Fighters Cancer Trust." She swam 8.5 km around
What Carina Bruwer does is, in a few words, maternally inspirational and athletically amazing. She has completed marathon swims across False Bay in South Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco, Swim Around Key West in Florida (USA), International Swimming Marathon of Toroneos Gulf (Greece), English Channel in 12 hours 3 minutes, Around
The multi-talented Carina Bruwer, the lead player of SAMA Award-winning instrumental pop group Sterling EQ, successfully rounded Cape Point in South Africa this Tuesday. The renowned South African open water swimmer finished the 8 km extreme Swim for Hope in 2 hours 36 minutes. The solo charity swim was performed in support of the Little Fighters Cancer
Ned Denison gave himself a Christmas present by flying to the shark's den of False Bay in South Africa. Instead of merely sight-seeing and vacationing as others do, Denison decided to plunge in the treacherously dangerous waters and swim 20 miles across False Bay. His start time was early Sunday morning. His swim is being covered live by Owen O'Keefe on
False Bay is not for the faint-hearted. Going in, swimmers know that the dramatically beautiful bay offers white, sandy beaches, beautiful valleys, sweeping vistas and Great White Sharks. The distance across False Bay has eluded most who have tried. Annemie Landmeters, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer, was the first to cross
