Olympic Gold Raffle Winners Announced
Winners of the WOWSA Olympic Gold Raffle were announced.
Tag: Martin Goodman
How High Is Your Navigational IQ In The Open Water?
Good swimmers have a high navigational IQ or an innate ability to swim the quickest course in the open bodies of water.
Railroading In The Ocean
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Big, smooth displacements of water in the ocean - the rhythmic movement of ocean swells - can be used to your advantage while swimming in the coastal open water locations. Railroading is when a swimmer uses the power of large wind-generated waves or ocean swells to push them forward as they swim towards
Theodore Yach Closing In On 100
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Theodore Yach completed his 97th Robben Island crossing together with Martin Goodman who completed his 25th crossing under the escort of pilot Derrick Frazer. "It was a wake-up call this morning," Yach explains. "We chose to swim Three Anchor Bay to Robben Island; [it was a] terrible mistake. 4 hours 36
Llandudno Beach To Robben Island By Yach And Goodman
Courtesy of Theodore Yach from Cape Town, South Africa. Theodore Yach and Martin Goodman successfully swam 22 km from Llandudno to Robben Island on April 8th where Yach finished in 7 hours 3 minutes and Goodman finished in 7 hours 16 minutes. This is their story: The original plan was for me to swim from Hout Bay to Robben Island – another 7 km on top of
Big Day Out On The Ocean (Atlantic Division)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today is a very big day on the world's oceans. Out in the Pacific Ocean, Craig Lenning together with an all-star support crew including Vito Bialla and David Holscher of the Night Train Swimmers and Jamie Patrick and Evan Morrison started at the Farallon Islands, and if everything goes to schedule, will
3 Amigos Have A Real Adventure In The Open Water
It appears that Martin Goodman (shown on left), Roger Finch and Theodore Yach were railroading their way to Robben Island in Cape Town, South Africa with the use of some very decent-sized ocean swells at their backs. But as Finch describes, "The rollers were going in the opposite direction." Sometimes the open water is with you; sometimes it is against
Swim4Charity From Hout Bay To Robben Island
South Africa's Theodore Yach and Martin Goodman will attempt to become the first swimmers to complete a 35 km swim from Hout Bay to Robben Island later this month. If they complete the estimated 12 to 15 hour swim, they will swim past Seal Island – a breeding ground for sharks. But the more likely obstacles will be blue-bottle jellyfish, shipping traffic