Eric Nilsson, Kurt Dickson, Hampus Carlsson, Mark Johnston, and Krista Belanger went 1-2-3-4-5 in the Overall Skins Grand Slam at the 2020 Open Water Virtual Grand Slam
Eric Nilsson Breaks 1990 Record Of Bob Placak Courtesy of Chris Ottati, Pacific Masters Swimming, northern California. Video courtesy of Michael Poliskey at the 2017 Peaks to Portland Swim, Maine. Eric Nilsson has competed in many open water swim across the United States, from the Trans Tahoe Relay in California and the Hawaiian Christmas Looong Distance
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Eric Nilsson and Kirsten Read won the inaugural 3-mile Misery Challenge around Tuck's Point Park in Manchester by-the-sea, Massachusetts. The charity swim is part of a multi-sport 4-race event around Misery Island and back held with proceeds going to Humans for Oceans. Race director Josh Crosby explained
Courtesy of Phil White of the Kingdom Games in Vermont. Lake Memphremagog looks big and wide from nearly every angle. Swim east, swim west, swim north, swim south, and there will always be a long way to go. It is a distance swimmer's dream. In this venue, Phil White has created the Kingdom Games for open water lovers. 19-year-old Australian Chris
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "We’re gearing up for the 7th Kingdom Swim on July 25th," said Kingdom Games founder Phil White. And it is going to be a blistering fast race between 2 world-class swimmers. Eva Fabian of New Hampshire and defending champion Eric Nilsson are both entered in the World Open Water Swimming Association’s
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Martha Wood, Joshua Miller, Eric Nilsson and Katie O'Dair show their awards after the Jim Doty Memorial Mile in Massachusetts on June 13th. "The rubber duckies were given out at the race finish to indicate the male and female winners of skins and wetsuit entrants," explains Wood. Race director Greg
If there is one race in the world where Kane Radford brings his A-game, it is the annual US$10,000 winner-take-all RCP Tiburon Mile. The race is a flat-out sprint from Angel Island to the idyllic town of Tiburon along the San Francisco Bay. It is a race where New Zealand's best open water swimmer always performs his best. When it comes to racing for
With the winds kicking up, defending champion Eric Nilsson made like a sailor and breezed through the 8-mile Boston Light Swim in 2 hours 45 minutes to win for the second year in a row. But it was not easy. Even with the water in Boston Harbor hovering between an unseasonably warm 62-66ºF (16-18ºC), the combination of tides and turbulence were too much of
Set in the shadow of America's first lighthouse on Little Brewster Island with a finish at the famed L-Street Bathhouse in South Boston, the swimmers of the Boston Light Swim will each become part of American open water swimming history. The historic race, dubbed the Granddaddy of Open Water Swims, began in 1908 and has tested the mettle of some of
Last Saturday, Northwestern University All-American swimmer Eric Nilsson won the World Open Water Swimming Association 10 Mile World Championship at the Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. After pushing himself to the limit and being pushed by teenager Feodor Orlov over the entire 16.2 km course, we asked the veteran about the Kingdom Swim.
