Haikus To Yackers Video of Jeff Kozlovich kayaking for Penny Palfrey in the Molokai Channel, Hawaii. In 2010, Phil White created the annual Be Kind To Your Yacker Week during the first week in April. “We started this national tribute to yackers (aka kayakers) for their indispensable help and support of open water swimming,” explained the founder of the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The use of swim streamers in channel swims and marathon swims has been debated by a few. But, at the heart of the debate, we wonder, "What is really the practical difference between a channel swimmer who uses a swim streamer and a channel swimmer who swims between two kayakers or between a kayaker and a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "We’re gearing up for the 7th Kingdom Swim on July 25th," said Kingdom Games founder Phil White. "This year’s swim is drawing 160+ swimmers plus kayakers, family members, and friends from 22 different U.S. states, Canadian provinces, Saudi Arabia, and Scotland. We host the New England Masters Open Water
There have been many couples who have graced the sport of open water swimming: * Audrey and Ray Scott * Valerie and Roger Parsons * Penny and Chris Palfrey * Esther Nuñez and Damian Blaum * Angela Maurer and Nikolai Evseev * Laura and Michael Miller * Sally Anne Minty-Gravett and Charlie Gravett * Pilar Geijo, Diego Tricarico * Michelle Evans-Chase and
The U.S. Coast Guard is developing a national set of recreational paddling and rowing standards. In an effort to garner public opinion, the Coast Guard is soliciting the opinions regarding these soon-to-created standards via an online survey. The survey is here. Because the number of kayakers, canoers, paddleboarders, stand-up paddleboarders, and rowers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming, especially in a non-competitive environment, is occasionally described by some as being meditative or a form of aquatic zen. Swimmers can zone out for long or short periods where their mind thinks of nothing concrete, one specific thing over and over again, or lots of different
> Every year there are close calls, emergencies, contingencies, accidents, heart-stopping escapes, near misses, unintended consequences, and deaths that occur in the open water community. These are illustrative opportunities for the open water swimming community to learn about and try to prevent at their own level and locale. Roger Finch tells of a scary
Haiku To My Kayaker Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In celebration of Be Kind To Your Yacker Week, Sgt. Jim Cowig of Newburyport, Massachusetts penned the Haiku To My Kayaker. smooth molded plastic an oasis of safety always at my side Copyright © 2008 - 2013 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If there has been anyone involved in open water swimming who has kept their composure, it is Richard Clifford. The practicing attorney from New York City could have panicked and he could have been hurt, but the calm he shows in the courtroom is the calm he consistently demonstrates in the open
For anyone who kayaks, escorts or paddles for open water swimmers, triathletes or channel swimmers, Liquipel offers a completely different way to communicate with the outside world. By Liquipeling your mobile phone, your mobile device becomes completely waterproof. Taking your smart phone on your kayak, escort boat or paddle board now becomes a
