Swim Wild & Free: A Practical Guide to Swimming Outdoors 365 Days a Year
Simon Griffiths wrote the recently published book, Swim Wild & Free: A Practical Guide to Swimming Outdoors 365 Days a Year
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Foote Has A Big Hand In Outdoor Swimmer
Ella Foote is the new Editor of the Outdoor Swimmer Magazine.
Simon Griffiths’ Retweet Sadly Rings True Worldwide
Simon Griffiths, the publisher of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine and a nominee for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award, retweeted (@SimonDGriffiths) this morning that "a random cyclist stopped this morning to tell us they were discharging raw sewage into the river so we shouldn't swim, but shouldn't it be the other way around? Stop putting
Simon Griffiths Explains ‘Just Doing It’ On WOWSA Live
Simon Griffiths Explains 'Just Doing It' On WOWSA Live Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Former engineer and competitive swimmer Simon Griffiths is the publisher and founder of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine - the signature publication in the open water swimming world. Ned Denison of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Can Early Morning Swimming Make You Rich?
Can Early Morning Swimming Make You Rich? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the latest issue of H2Open Magazine, publisher and passionate swimmer Simon Griffiths describes and offers different models for teaching school children in Great Britain (and elsewhere) how to swim so they are water-safe [read here]. Over the years, Griffiths
Great Britain, The Epicenter Of Open Water Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Endless Pool exhibited its product on the West Coast of America with elite swimmers Megan Rankin and Lexie Kelly, curious conference attendees looked upon the young women swim effortlessly against the oncoming jet stream. Attendees would touch the warm water, and ask how they could use the product
Swimming Up The Road
Courtesy of H2Open Magazine. Simon Griffiths, founder of H2Open Magazine, certainly talks the talk and walks the walk. He will swim 31 miles in 31 pools in the U.K. from February 25th to March 1st in a pretty intense charity stage swim. Griffiths is supported by a team from #TeamBETTER as a fund-raiser for Sport Relief with a goal to raise £9,000
The First Step In The Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Why is it that first step in the water - whether in a chlorinated pool or saltwater venue - is so difficult? While some people simply and quickly walk into any open body of water or dive into any pool with ease, many swimmers take time to enter the water...no matter the temperatures or conditions. Of
Choosing Words Wisely
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Simon Griffiths of H2Open Magazine penned a thoughtful and introspective article on Why our choice of words matters to our fellow swimmers (see here). Griffiths explains in his article about how he reflected on the use of the term, disabled swimmer. "The preferred wording is 'swimmer with a disability' as
Simon Griffiths Takes H2Open On The Road To Spain
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There are only so many pages in the H2Open Magazine and the ultimate decision-maker of what gets into each issues is Simon Griffiths, the chief editor and visionary behind the world's first open water swimming magazine. So when he decided to swim in the 12 km race at the Cala Montgó Swim Festival, race
