Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 1994, Steven Munatones swam clockwise around Yonaguni Island in Okinawa, Japan.The beautiful tropical island, close to Taiwan, is a well-known oasis sitting between the East China Sea and Pacific Ocean where shivers of hammerhead sharks congregate, feed and breed. With 70 dive sites around
Around Around He Goes, Alex Kostich Does Bora Bora Courtesy of World Open Water Swimming Association, Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Alex Kostich is one of those people who make Hollywood come alive. As a Vice President at Sony Pictures Studios, he develops the creative advertising and marketing campaigns for feature films distributed globally by Sony
Chris Guesdon of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame reported on the upcoming Lake Toba Festival - World Super Swim, a series of circumnavigation relay swims around Samosir Island in North Sumatra, Indonesia in September. The 117.6 km World Super Swim is a series of 3 relay races over a 3-day period on September 11th-13th. Each race is a
After the 16th hour, it was decision-time for Anna Wardley and her crew on her quest to become the first person to swim around island of Tiree off the west coast of Scotland. 54,720 strokes into the unprecedented swim as part of her Five Island Swim Challenge and she figures that the total number will increase to 82,000 strokes by the time the 30-mile
Anna Wardley is set to Round Jersey tomorrow. Her 41-mile (65.9 km) circumnavigation of the Island of Jersey in the middle of the English Channel is her third stage in the 5 Islands Challenge charity swim. Her fourth circumnavigation will be a 30-miler around Hebridean Tiree, and the finale will be a 60-miler around the Isle of Wight in September.
Although the official results of yesterday's Manhattan Island Marathon Swim have yet to be announced, the teammates and swimmers from Surrey, United Kingdom were ecstatic yesterday with the swim by Ellery McGowan, the oldest person in the 28.5-mile circumnavigation of Manhattan Island. The native of Tasmania who is now working in Surrey as a head swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Charlene Boudreau, the Nutrition Consultant for USA Swimming who has served as Team Leader for numerous teams and sports with the United States Olympic Committee, makes it her job and passion to share healthy living and practical sense out of maintaining a healthy diet to support athletic ambitions. The
Like ice swimmers throughout the Commonwealth, Anna Wardley went training for a casual swim in a 6ºC (42.8ºF), sea. Her goal: a 60-mile circumnavigation around the Isle of Wight to benefit the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust as the finale of her Five Island Swim Challenge. With 2 islands down (7 miles around Dragonera in Mallorca, Spain and 13 miles
If you are into circumnavigations, you have a lot of choices around the world. From the Isle of Wight and Jersey to Guernsey and the Isle of Man, the British Isles have opportunities like Hawaii has lava rock. While you gotta be tough like Kevin Murphy or Michael Read to complete a circumnavigation around the Isle of Wight or an accomplished marathoner
This September, The Loveleys became the first all-female team and only third officially recognized team to complete a marathon swimming circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight. The Lovelies included 51-year-old Kathy Batts from Strood Kent, 43-year-old Paula Foreman from West Malling Kent, 30-year-old Liane Llewellyn from Bradford, 37-year-old Lucy Donnelly
