Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is natural and expected for world-class swimmers like Lynne Cox and Penny Palfrey to be on the highest echelon of the Oceans Seven list. But it is equally unlikely and unexpected for rugby players like Stephen Redmond and ballerinas like Kim Chambers to be at this same level. Chambers has steadily
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kimberley Chambers of New Zealand completed her sixth Oceans Seven channel this week in a quick 9 hours 38 minutes. As she was closing in on Hokkaido, the currents and eddies pushed her far east for the last two hours. "I was expecting this, but man, those currents were strong. The swim streamer was at a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is natural and expected for world-class swimmers like Lynne Cox and Penny Palfrey to be on the highest echelon of the Oceans Seven list. But it is equally unlikely and unexpected for rugby players like Stephen Redmond and ballerinas like Kim Chambers to be at this same level. Chambers has steadily
Kim Chambers, courtesy of Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association, closing in on Hokkaido, the northernmost major island of Japan, her sixth channel in the Oceans Seven. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every channel swim - and certainly every channel of the Oceans Seven - is an unpredictable adventure where the dynamics of the oceans are always in flux. A swimmer cannot predict what the currents and winds will be out in the Cook Strait. The window of opportunity is completely unpredictable in the North
Suzie Dods outdid herself. Which is not easy to do for one of the world's most active marathon swimmers who volunteers and escorts to help other like-minded open water swimmers. But she did with her inaugural 24-hour Swim Relay in San Francisco, California inspired by the 24 Heures La Tuque professional relay of the 1960s and 1970s in Canada. "Suzie
Adam Walker has put in the miles. Adam Walker has put in the hours. Adam Walker has felt the pain. And he has also felt the joy, the excitement and the self-satisfaction of open water swimming. And he wants to share both aspects of the world with his Ocean Water Swim Camps But he will never forget the pain of jellyfish stings that he has endured on his
The people on the global Oceans Seven list truly come from all walks of life. Stephen Redmond is a former rugby player. Anna-Carin Nordin travels without a coach, trainer or entourage of any sort. Michelle Macy has been swimming since before she could walk. Penny Palfrey took a break from swimming to raise 3 children. Kim Chambers is a former
Kimberly Chambers route to the top of the channel swimming world was an entirely unlikely one. With the Cook Strait, English Channel, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar under her belt, she only has the Tsugaru Channel and the North Channel to complete in order to achieve the Oceans Seven. But no one - including Chambers herself -
Former New Zealand ballerina Kimberly Chambers has added the English Channel to her Oceans Seven portfolio of the Cook Strait, the Molokai Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Catalina Channel. 12 hours 12 hours was her traverse time, channel #5 on her journey to the Oceans Seven. "Had to fight against a 2.4 knot current to get in, but it's official!
