Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the open water swimming community, many foods and drinks are discussed. Many swimmers have strong opinions on what is to eat and drink during training and before and during races and solo swims. Some scientifically-oriented swimmers who are nutritionally knowledgeable base their feedings on specific
Jennifer Nobis Figge was the first to ski an area of fresh snow before anyone else, enjoying herself and the snowy wonderland in Aspen in her native state of Colorado. But one thing led to another and she crashed, fracturing her femur and hip in four places. "I thought it was just a muscle spasm and told the ski patrol to just leave me," the AC4 endurance
Whether it is passing under the finish archway in a mass participation swim like the Great North Swim, or a slow crawl up on the rocks after a channel swim in Catalina, how swimmers feel when they step up on the shore can widely vary. At that moment of completion, some athletes free elation, others relief, and others satisfaction and pride. Others fall in
Jennifer Figge wears a wetsuit on her stage swims in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. And it is a unique one. Her wetsuit has white stripes painted on it. "That is so I appear poisonous," she explains. "Most poisonous sea snakes are striped. On my third Atlantic crossing, the diver onboard was uncomfortable with the number of shark sightings. He came
Anytime anyone anywhere spends 133 hours in the ocean, traversing a total of nearly 5,000 km, they are bound to run into all kinds of marine life. Jennifer Figge knows that, especially when she does her stage swims across the Atlantic Ocean. So she uses Shark Shields. "During the last AC4 (Atlantic Crossing 4), I used this old Shark Shield. They don't
When Jennifer Figge is crossing the Atlantic Ocean on her continuous stage swim, she encounters some massively large walls of water. When the seas rise up and toss everything around, it can be a logistical and operational nightmare to keep her safe and near her escort boat during her 32-day crossing. Her crew under the leadership of Captain Tamas Hamor
The more we learn about Jennifer Figge's AC4 (Atlantic Crossing 4), the more we are in awe of the logistical, operational, and navigational efforts that went behind her successful stage swim crossing. And the number of marine life that she came across ranged from tiny Portuguese man o war to whales. Big whales, right in front of her (which her crew
Captain Tamas Hamor provided the official log and total cumulative distance and data from Jennifer Figge's 32-day continuous stage swim from Cape Verde off the western coast of Africa to Antigua in the Caribbean Sea. Her Atlantic Crossing 4 was her best swimming effort yet of her 4 crossings to date. She swam a total of 133.25 hours, covering 265.4
For 32 days, Sara Hajdu served as the First Mate and Chef on Jennifer Figge's latest continuous stage swim from Cape Verde off the western coast of Africa to Antigua in the Caribbean. As Figge swam a total distance of 257.5 nautical miles (477 km) over the month-long traverse across the Atlantic Ocean, Hajdu keep busy helping out on the catamaran Pearl
