Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Sydney, Australia. From participating in the Bering Strait relay and the Pennock Island Challenge in Alaska to completing marathon swims and channel crossings in Argentina, Turkey, Ireland, England, and throughout his native Australia, James Pittar has been impressing, inspiring and helping people the world over. Pittar
"Swimming in two races, on two consecutive days, in two different towns in Alaska was definitely challenging, but also incredibly rewarding." So says Kristin Jones, the overall winner in both events. "Both races [the 8.2-mile Pennock Island Challenge in Ketchikan and the 5 km race Change Your Latitude event in Sitka] went fantastic. Everything went so
From Juneau, Alaska, Kristin Jones traveled across the North American continent and won the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Association 10 Mile World Championship at the Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. After reeling in the leaders including Emma Otto-Moudry over the second half of the 16.2 km course, we asked Jones about the Kingdom Swim.
Visualizing Success In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Many open water swimmers cannot see much in competitions or their solo swims. Their direction depends on either the swimmers near them or their kayaker. They often cannot see the finish, let alone the next buoy, getting frustrated and wondering where they are. But
Claudia Rose of San Diego blazed a new aquatic trail by becoming the first person to swim across the Sitka Sound in Alaska this summer.True to her words ("I am much more interested in things people have not done"), her success has led to a new 10K swim in Sitka next August, called the Sitka Sound Adventure Race. The creation of this new race enables
Trailblazing Swim Leads To A New Adventure In Alaska
