
When Will The English Channel Relay Records Be Broken Again?
For one-way and two-way English Channel relay crossings, the natural record progression seems to have stopped - or at least put on hold after the GPS era arrived.
For one-way and two-way English Channel relay crossings, the natural record progression seems to have stopped - or at least put on hold after the GPS era arrived.
All For One, One For All Across The Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Matt Miller, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. On July 20th 2018, Aleisha Riboldi of Australia, Lisa Batey of the USA, and Youri Lavoine of France completed a 3-person relay across the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 18 hours 29 minutes. Their crossing was captured by Matt
The Unprecedented Taupo x 3 Relay In 2009 Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE talked about the unprecedented 126 km (78.2-mile) three-way crossing of Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand in 2009 on today's WOWSA Live with Ned Denison. On January 6th, Chris Palfrey, Penny Palfrey and Julie Bradshaw organized two relay
> > Sights From The Two-stage Russia-to-Japan Swim Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, La Pérouse Strait, Russia-to-Japan. Alexander Brylin, one of the world's most renowned ice swimmers and one of its most active ambassadors, provided photos from the cross-border channel relay through the La Pérouse Strait between Sakhalin, Russia and
Remembering Bob Photo courtesy of Bruce Frager. Information courtesy of Ian Emberson, Maui Channel from Lanai to Maui, State of Hawaii. Yesterday among 12 tiger sharks and cross currents, Eney Jones captained an all-star, all-female team of Michelle Mehnert, Olympian Stephanie Horner, Devon Clifford, Olympian Ashley Twichell and Becca Mann at the 48th Maui
Team Denise Tackles Tsugaru Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Team Denise from Ireland completed a 19.5 km crossing from Honshu to Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan. The Irish team of Peter, Denise, Saskia, Sandra, James and Enda is one of the few non-Japanese relay teams to have made the Oceans Seven crossing,
Swimming La Perouse Channel Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia. Alexander Brylin is organizing the International Swim across the La Pérouse Channel, an unprecedented 2-stage 42.8 km international relay between Sakhalin, Russia and Hokkaido, Japan in September. Brylin explains the preparations for the 20+ person relay across La Pérouse Strait,
Swimming Straight From Sado Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Ocean Navi, Sado Island, Japan. Team Ocean Navi completed a 40 km crossing from Sado Island to Niigata on the mainland on Honshu on June 12th. The 12-person relay started at 2 am and finished 12 hours 24 minutes later in the city of Nagaoka. Taku Wakabayashi, Eri Obiya, Saki Watanabe, Hiroto Kagami,
International Swim Across La Pérouse Channel Courtesy of Alexander Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia. Alexander Brylin is organizing the International Swim across the La Pérouse Channel, an unprecedented 40 km international relay between Sakhalin, Russia and Hokkaido, Japan in September 2019. Brylin explains the preparations for the 20+ person relay across La
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming relays are a great bonding experience. Duos (2), trios (3), quads (4), quintets (5), sextets, and many more gather on an escort boat and each member swims their part (leg). From swims in Lake Cane in Florida to Camlough Lake in Ireland to the backside of Hong Kong and across the Florida