30 years ago, Paul Asmuth ruled the professional marathon swimming world and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim was a year away from starting in its modern-day format. Shelley Taylor-Smith had yet to enter the open water and Penny Dean still held both the English Channel (7:40) and Catalina Channel (7:15) records. The King of the Channel reigned with 22
WOWSA Performance of the Year Nominee Patagonia Extreme Cold Water Challenge (Chile and Argentina) – Adventure at the Tip of South America Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ram Barkai, Toks Viviers, Kieron Palframan, Ryan Stramrood and Andrew Chin, friends and teammates from South Africa, attempted and succeeded at the Patagonia Extreme
As swimmers communicate faster, the extremes at which they are willing and able to go seem to become greater.In the 1960s and 1970s, open water swimmers used to communicate via letters sent via post...in an era where sub-15°C was considered cold. In the 1980s and 1990s, open water swimmers gradually took to the fax machine and communicated quicker via
Dan Martin will cross the Atlantic Ocean the hard way - and many say, the right way - no wetsuit, no floating on currents and starting every swim on every new day from the exact same point which he finished the previous day.In a show of solidarity, the global marathon swimming community is coming to Dan's aid.For example, Ned Denison of the Swim Ireland and
