Jacques Tuset Talks Prison Island Swimming On WOWSA Live (In French) Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Île Sainte-Marguerite, France. Jacques Tuset, an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, ice swimmer, and the King of Prison Island Swimming, talked about his swims and unique niche of open water swimming with International Marathon Swimming
Axel Reymond Shines At The 2020 French IISA Championships Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Lac des Bois aux Dames, Samoens, France. The French IISA Championships were held on February 28th – 29th at Lac des Bois aux Dames in Samoens in 4.70°C water under the leadership of Jacques Tuset, Dr. Alexandre Fuzeau, and Florian Lucas. Axel
Winter Swimming In Vermont; Ice Swimming In Samoëns Courtesy of WOWSA. This coming weekend, Phil White is organizing the 6th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog in Vermont, U.S.A., while Jacques Tuset, Dr. Alexandre Fuzeau, and Florian Lucas are organizing the French Championships in Lac des Bois aux Dames in Samoëns, France. The
Courtesy of WOWSA, Burghausen, Germany. Jacques Tuset is one tough, adventurous guy. Training in the south of France, Tuset traveled up to the Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany to attempt his first ice kilometer. He jumped into the outer lane, closest to the encroaching surface ice, and finished in 15 minutes 50
Photo of Ned Denison, Jills Vanegas and Jacques Tuset courtesy of Gary Emich on Devil's Island. "I started the bucket list for fun," describes Triple Break visionary Ned Denison. "I enjoyed having the largest number of escapes [from former island prisons] for some years. But in 2014, I noticed that a French swimmer had set a goal for 7 escapes that
Jacques Tuset, Ned Denison, Jills Vanegas Escape Île St-Joseph Courtesy of Ned Denison and Gary Emich, Devil's Island. Devil's Island (French: île du Diable) is the third largest island of the Îles du Salut island group in the Atlantic Ocean, located 14 km (9 miles) off the coast of French Guiana in South America. The island was a part of the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. La Batalla de Rande a Nado, a 27 km marathon swim in the Ria de Vigo in northwestern Spain, will be held on June 25th. With water temperature expected to be 15-19C. The race format involves the athletes swimming in 3 groups for the first 20-24 km and then the last 3-7 km is a race to the finish. Swimmers
An Open Water Adventure From Île Saint-Joseph Courtesy of Ned Denison and Gary Emich, Devil's Island, French Guiana. Devil's Island (French: île du Diable) is the third largest island of the Îles du Salut island group in the Atlantic Ocean, located 14 km (9 miles) off the coast of French Guiana in South America. The island was a part of the controversial
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. What started out as a cool little idea by Ned Denison as a quirky off-shoot of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming has steadily grown globally. Denison's Triple Break or the Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims started out as 3 open water swims, but now has grown to swims of various distances between
