Spanish marathon swimmer Miquel Suñer Comalat has swum around the world, completing channels of the Oceans Seven and the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. But he always returns to Spain for one special event: Swim the Costa Brava. Swim the Costa Brava is a magical event created with the long-term aim of building an international series of thoroughly
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With the Tsugaru Channel swimming season ready to kick-off with Triple Crown swimmer Brad McVetta's attempt this coming week, there is always a need to keep channel swimmers illuminated during the dark and nighttime hours. The long-established channel associations (e.g., Channel Swimming Association,
Teresa Planas, a student at the Universitat de Barcelona, swam 39.8K (21.3 nautical miles) across the Menorca Channel (Canal de Menorca) from the Balearic island of Menorca to the island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea in September 2011, setting the overall world record in 12 hours 18 minutes 42 seconds. Born on Pòrtol on the island of Mallorca, Teresa
