Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 15-mile Border Buster is a legal exception to the rule of law. Passports and border checks are required when crossing the border between Canada and the United States. But Phil White created an international means to cross the border without showing your passport with the inaugural Border Buster
Photos by Phil White. Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Magog (Québec, Canada) Mayor Vicki May Hamm honored Billy Connor and Sarah Thomas at City Hall in Magog, Québec for their historic swims: Connor's first traverse of Lake Memphremagog in 1955 when he swam through a thunderstorm and Thomas' first double crossing in 2013 when she faced
There are very few in the marathon swimming world who elicit the global praise and deeply felt respect and admiration like American marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas. And so it seemed right when the Marathon Swimmers Forum announced Sarah Thomas as the recipient of its 2013 Barra Award. Thomas completed two double-crossings in Lake Tahoe and Lake
There are few in the open water swimming world who elicit the global praise and deeply felt respect and admiration like American marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas. The Colorado native embodies the mantra of fellow open water swimming enthusiast Bob Roper, “Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.” As the channel swimmer considered the number of channels and
The WOWSA Awards, sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association, is an annual recognition of the world's best open water swimmers, coaches, crew members, pilots, writers, associations, services and products in four different categories. The nominees for the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year are always an heroic and amazing group of
31-year-old Sarah Thomas did it again. After her successful Lake Tahoe two-way crossing in August, Thomas took on another two-way attempt in Lake Memphremagog that stretches from the U.S. state of Vermont to the Canadian province of Québec. She began her 50-mile unprecedented adventure on the Canadian side when she stepped into the water in Magog, Québec
After becoming the first person to complete a two-way bioprene crossing of Lake Tahoe earlier this summer, Sarah Thomas has accepted another double-crossing challenge: a 50-mile two-way crossing attempt of Lake Memphremagog between the U.S. state of Vermont and the Canadian province of Quebec. That is a tough, tough double in a high alpine lake and a
The Northeast Kingdom Open water Swimming Association announced its swimmers in the 25-mile In Search of Memphre across Lake Memphremagog between Newport in the state of Vermont and Magog in the province of Quebec: Swimmers will depart at midnight from either Newport or Magog, depending on which way the wind is expected to blow. Depending on weather
Sarah Thomas became the 58th person in history to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with today's completion of the English Channel. The record holder of the Horsetooth Open Water Swim was leading the 2012 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim before it was cancelled due to thunderstorms. The Colorado resident trains at high altitude, but came down
Television replays and archived videos of sporting events are the norm around the world. But online race replays of open water swims are just beginning ... and animated replays are really cool to analyze and view in fast motion. The Tampa Bay Marathon Swim is at the forefront of providing the real-time positions of its competitors online. Its distance
