Kate Rew Receives 2016 Paragon Award 21st Annual Paragon Awards presented by Pentair Aquatic Systems and the ISHOF. Paragon (noun): a person regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality. Paragon Awards (noun): annual recognition given to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to Competitive, Recreational or Synchronized
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kate Rew is always coming up with something new and innovative. She and her crew at the Outdoor Swimming Society have developed the Outdoor Swimming Society Adventure Series, a series of free wild swims for a limited number of swimmers in the United Kingdom. The OSS Adventure Swim has two swims arranged
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Everything about the Outdoor Swimming Society is cool and unique: its founder, its mission, its mindset, its events, and its online content. Besides its Dark 10k (with a new 10-mile course), the cold-water December Dip, and its OSS Adventure Swim Series, the Outdoor Swimming Society announced its newest
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Colin Hill of Chillswim spoke about the explosive growth of open water swimming in the United Kingdom today at the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. He spoke about the former generations of open water swimming when it meant "Kevin Murphy was greasing up, lidos, the
Derek Stewart of Strathaven, South Lanarkshire has done the ultimate in endurance sports, Ironman triathlons. It is his love of a challenge that has pushed him into the open water including for his 70.3 and full Ironman competitions and an upcoming 10 km marathon swim. Like many triathletes, he has to juggle his swimming with his biking and running
Looking for a place to swim? Check out Wild Swim, a new worldwide wild swim map by the incomparable Kate Rew and the Outdoor Swimming Society. Find great open water swims from Mongolia to Miami. The renowned Wild Swim author and founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society describes swimming in the wild with unique talents and a deep-rooted passion. Her
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Griffiths, Publisher and Editor of H2Open Magazine talks about the world's first and only magazine devoted to open water swimming. "H2Open Magazine is a new publication for anyone who loves open water swimming whether you are a beginner or an experienced veteran, taking on a long-distance challenge,
After hearing about the Hellespont swim that marked the anniversary of Lord Byron's swim, Colin Hill of Great Swims and Outdoor Swimming Society stalwart John Fenemore started to plot and plan for a 10-person swim from Sicily to Italy. "Looking at the history of the area, it sounded very exciting," recalled Colin. This is his first-person recollection of
