Beautiful, Becca. Mann Masters Maui Nui In 20 Hours 53 Minutes Courtesy of Steve Haumschild, Maui - Molokai - Lanai, Hawaii. "The media and many swimmers define difficult, challenging, long, and cold solo marathon swims as epic," observed Steven Munatones. "With so many marathon, ice and channel swimmers pushing themselves well beyond expectations, there
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 32-year-old John Royer and his younger brother Mark Royer will attempt a Molokai Channel relay tonight as their window is rapidly closing due to an incoming weather pattern. "Mark and John will do a 2-man relay under Kaiwi Channel Association relay guidelines," describes escort Steve Haumschild. John
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "Stephen Junk was clocking great time out of Kaluakoi [on Molokai," reported kayaker Steve Haumschild. "He is a hell of a swimmer. He remained strong and consistent throughout the time. Conditions overall were descent with a few storms rolling through." But then the unexpected hit just about the time
Linda Kaiser Swims The Eight Seas…Quietly, Courageously Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim a channel or complete an open water swim nowadays and many swimmers describe their achievement on the social media. There are, of course, exceptions to this norm where a handful of swimmers, renowned among the community of channel swimmers, do
Michael Miller of Oahu broke down a channel swim in Hawaii for his daughter Mackenzi in 3 fundamental steps: walk in, swim across, and walk out. But the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel and Maui Channel swimmer knows there is much more behind the planning and execution of a successful channel swim, especially an inter-island crossing in
The inaugural Ka’iwi Channel Swim was arguably the most risky relay competitions in recent memory. The 28-mile crossing in August 2013 between Molokai Island and Oahu was not only conducted safely, but the race between The Youngsters and The Veterans was neck-and-neck for nearly 10 hours with numerous lead changes. So much could have gone wrong in the
