Anna-Carin Nordin was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year that were announced today. [Read more...] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Swimming
Diana Nyad was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year that were announced today. [Read more...] Copyright © 2012 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Pat Gallant-Charette was among the 15 selected nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year that were announced today. [Read more...] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
Close your eyes and think of a basketball player. Close your eyes and think of an airline pilot. Close your eyes and think of an open water swimmer. In the first case with a basketball player, what do you see? A tall individual, much taller than average. In the second case with an airline pilot, what do you see? An well-poised, taller than average man with
Like her American counterpart Pat Gallant-Charette, Anna Carin Nordinfailed on her first attempt at swimming from the Eastern Peninsula in the Tsugaru Channel. Not wanting to travel all the way to Japan without a success, the women decided to stick around and change tactics. "We always encourage those who attempt the Tsugaru Channel to swim from Kodomari
On her second attempt of the Tsugaru Channel, Maine resident and full-time nurse Pat Gallant-Charette successfully crossed in 19 hours 36 minutes under relatively calm conditions according to her blog. She began the swim at 5:11 am on Tappi Misaki, the tip of the western peninsula of Honshu, and finished on Hokkaido 19 hours 36 minutes later as the water
61-year-old American Pat Gallant-Charette was pulled from the water after 3.5 hours in her first attempt to cross the Tsugaru Channel. Anna Carin Nordin from Sweden also swimming this weekend made it a bit further and longer, but was pulled by her Japanese guide Haruyuki Ishii after 7 hours of not making progress against the currents. Both women, swimming
Craig Lenning, who has successfully crossed the North Channel, the English Channel, the Catalina Channel and Lake Tahoe as well as completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim, took his talents to Japan and gave the Tsugaru Channel a good shot today. But currents were too strong and came up short after a reported 10 hours
The 31st annual Peaks to Portland Swim was held today in Portland, Maine). The 2.4-mile ocean swim was tidal assisted from Peaks Island to East End Beach, Portland. Under great summer conditions, 316 swimmers started with the incoming tide, most of whom (94%) were wrapped up in neoprene. A much smaller minority (19) of hardened swimmers braved the 64°F
The members of the Half Century Club prove that some things do get better with age. Even if the weather does not cooperate. This year, 72-year-old George Thornton, a psychology professor at Colorado State University, wanted to become the oldest person to cross the English Channel. As he waited out the fickle weather, the professor's two-week window came
