Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Most open water swimmers have a bucket list of swims they want to do. Their swims can be a channel crossing or an unprecedented lake swim or an ice mile. Whether it was a competitive swimmer of the 1970s or nowadays with a contemporary masters swimmer, Conrad Wennerberg's authoritative book, Winds, Waves
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many open water swimmers have a bucket list of swims they want to do. Their swims can be the English Channel or an ice mile. But their goals can also include doing the Waikiki Roughwater Swim under an hour or to cross a lake near their home. The bucket list swims can range from doing one of the well-known
With all the incredible swims across the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Cook Strait, Strait of Gibraltar and other waterways around the globe this year, the exploits of marathon swimmers worldwide calls to mind the professional English Channel races that were held in the 1950's.The first race was held in 1950 and was limited to 20 participants from
Conrad Wennerberg is the Chairman Emeritus of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the widely respected author of Wind, Waves and Sunburn - A Brief History of Marathon Swimming, still considered to be one of the most authoritative books written on marathon swimming. Besides extensively documenting the history of marathon swimming, Conrad
