Juan Ignacio MartÃnez Fernández-Villamil received the 2012 WOWSA Award for the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. The heart and soul of Descenso a Nado de la RÃa de Navia works year-round on putting together the most comprehensive open water swimming festival in the world - from parades to festivals, from amateur swims to professional races,
Héctor RamÃrez Ballesteros, also known as HHector, collaborated with Jose Diaz to create Hip-Hopen Water. But he also is known in the Spanish open water swimming world for doing the estilo mariposa - or butterfly in the open water. HHector will attempt the Descenso a Nado de la Ria de Navia today in Asturias, Spain. Earlier this year, he completed the
From Friday to Sunday, there is non-stop action and activities in the Descenso, the field of the 5km Asturias Cup skewed younger and faster than its larger counterpart on Sunday. By 10:30 pm on a festive Friday evening, the town square of Navia filled up with anticipation of dances, music, entertainment and speeches. The town’s population came out dressed
The world has more than 4,000 sanctioned open water swimming clinics, camps, tours, races and events in at least 158 countries.The sport is growing like never before - and usually under the radar of national governing bodies and the mass media.A list of some of the world's greatest, most popular or challenging open water swims is here. Nominations are
U.S. Masters Swimming's SWIMMER Magazine has a cover story on unique open water swims around the world in its March-April issue. SWIMMER Magazine is distributed to the over 50,000 active members who train at over 1,000 U.S. Masters Swimmming programs across the United States - many of whom travel overseas to compete. These swims include:`1. Great Swim
