Masayuki Moriya is starting off slowly, but the Tsugaru Channel crossings between Hokkaido and Honshu in northern Japan are back on schedule after a shut-down of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The swimmers scheduled for July crossing attempts this summer include five Japanese relay teams, Caitlin O'Reilly and Paul Feltoe of New Zealand, Andrey
The Unprecedented Taupo x 3 Relay In 2009 Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE talked about the unprecedented 126 km (78.2-mile) three-way crossing of Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand in 2009 on today's WOWSA Live with Ned Denison. On January 6th, Chris Palfrey, Penny Palfrey and Julie Bradshaw organized two relay
The New Stillwater 8 Courtesy of Michelle Macy, Portland, USA. Oceans Seven swimmer and Hall of Famer Michelle Macy announced the new and improved Stillwater 8. Macy first announced the solo marathon swimming challenge across 8 different lakes around the world in 2011. With the input and advice of Evan Morrison and other marathon swimmers, she revised
Courtesy of Anna Marshall and Jason Papps, Lake Taupo Marathon Swim, North Island, New Zealand. Michelle Macy created the Still Water 8*, a group of 8 marathon swims in lakes for seriously-minded swimmers who are focused on lake marathon swims. Successful completion of these 8 marathon swims has never been recorded by a single individual. One of the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Charlotte Webby won her second consecutive national championship at the New Zealand Open Water Championships 10 km race in Lake Taupo. In a tune-up for the upcoming Australian Open Water Nationals and the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualifying race in Portugal in June, Webby led from the start to finish
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Epic Swim Festival attracted over 650 swimmers, racing in the Mini Epic 100m, Minor Epic 500m, Mid Epic 1 km, Epic 2.5 km, Masters 2.5 km Classic, Epic 5 km, New Zealand 5 km Open Water Championships, New Zealand 10 km Open Water Championships, Epic 10 km and The Epic 17.5 km. Reece Southall and Chloe
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kane Radford won his fifth consecutive national championship at the New Zealand Open Water Championships 10 km race in Lake Taupo (Epic Swim Festival). In a tune-up for the upcoming Australian Open Water Nationals and the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualifying race in Portugal in June, Radford has maintained
The Oceania Swimming Association announced the 2014 Oceania Championships will be held in New Zealand with its open water swimming events held on the North Island's Lake Taupo on January 11th and 12th. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water Swimming
50 local swimmers set the world non-stop open water swimming relay record in Lake Cane in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. only a few years ago. Then it was two relay teams of international marathon swimming superstars, including Penny Palfrey, Michelle Macy and Julie Bradshaw, that upped the ante in Lake Taupo in New Zealand (shown on left). The Night Train
The New Zealand Herald reported that a 50-year-old man suffered a heart attack during the 2.5K Epic Swim in Lake Taupo yesterday. After getting into difficulty, attempts to resuscitate him by the water safety team and St John paramedics were unsuccessful. Matt Claridge, the interim Chief Executive at Water Safety New Zealand, said the passing will be
