Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ana Villanueva Peñacoba said about her latest swims, "You can not ask for more on a weekend. Amazing what we enjoyed with the 15 km DesafÃo Costa de Santander. There is lots of professionalism and love in this event. To top it all off the Descenso de Navia never fails for its ambiance and tradition. All is
Volunteers who share their time, passion and talents to help support an open water swim are literally the lifeblood of the sport. They do everything from help provide a safety net to picking up trash after the event. They help with registration, website updates, anchoring the turn buoys, setting up the start and finish, making brochures, answering
55 years and counting. Year in and year out, the passion, work and leadership of Juan Ignacio MartÃnez Fernández-Villamil has had a tremendous impact and influence on the sport of open water swimming in Navia, Spain and its showcase event, the Descenso a Nado RÃa de Navia. The year-round effort of the man known as Moreno was selected as the 2012 World
For 55 years, the annual Descenso a Nado RÃa de Navia has continued in the small town of Navia in Asturias, Spain. The event is an ingrained tradition on the social and athletic calendar in the area, drawing everyone from world champions and Olympians to swimmers from Europe and America of all ages. But such an event just doesn't happen. It is shaped by
The design of the poster of the Descenso a Nado de la RÃa de Navia is clever and historical. The poster incorporates the signatures of the 54 previous winners including 11-time winner and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer David Meca as well as the two Spanish representatives at the 2012 Olympic marathon swim, Francisco Kiko Hervás
There are many tens of thousands of friends of the Descenso RÃa de Navia...and for good reason. These swimmers - young and old, fast and slow - are part of history, taking part in one of the world's greatest open water swims. The Descenso a Nado de la RÃa de Navia (Navia’s Downstream Swim) in northern Spain is a beautifully, culturally rich downstream swim
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming will be reporting from the shorelines of one of the world's greatest open water swimming celebrations, the Descenso a Nado de la Ria de Navia (Navia’s Downstream Swim). Started in 1958 when 14 swimmers swam 1 kilometer down the River Navia in a coastal village in Asturias, Galicia in northern Spain, the swim now
Ignacio Martinez Sela reported that one of the world's greatest open water swims, the Descenso a Nado de la Ria de Navia (Navia’s Downstream Swim), will be broadcast for worldwide viewing here (EN DIRECTO) on August 8th.The 1.1K, 1.7K, 3K and 5K races down the picturesque River Navia in Asturias, Galicia in northern Spain started in 1958 and have been
Nacho Sela of the Navia Open Water Swimming Organising Committee welcomes in another season of swims from Navia, Spain. The 53rd annual Descenso a Nado RÃa de Navia, one of the world's greatest open water swimming events, will take place on August 8th with a 5K race for men, 3K for women, 1.7K for masters swimmers and 1.1K for juniors. The overall winner
