How To Train For Open Water Swimming?
There are innumerable way to optimally train for an open water swim. Here is a brief how-to of the open water swimming world:
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555 km Black Sea Victory Relay Lives Up To Its Name
555 km Black Sea Victory Relay Lives Up To Its Name Courtesy of Akimov Vitaly, Novorossiysk-to-Sevastopol, Russia. Akimov Vitaly, Alexandr Brylin, were part of an international team of over 50 swimmers that finished a three-stage 555 km relay that started in Novorossiysk on October 21st and finished on November 7th in the city of Sevastopol in the Black
Around Öland By Anna-Carin Nordin, 333K In 32 Stages
Around Öland By Anna-Carin Nordin, 333K In 32 Stages Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Oceans Seven swimmer Anna-Carin Nordin completed an unprecedented 333 km Öland circumnavigation stage swim around the second largest Swedish island, located in the Baltic Sea. The original plan of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor
Around Öland With Anna-Carin Nordin
Around Öland With Anna-Carin Nordin Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Oceans Seven swimmer Anna-Carin Nordin is stage swimming over 300 cumulative kilometers around Öland, the second largest Swedish island with an area of 1,342 square kilometers located in the Baltic Sea. The plan is to swim about 20 km per day, getting in the water twice
13 Years Ago Today With Martin Strel
13 Years Ago Today With Martin Strel Courtesy of Borut Strel, Amazon River, South America. Borut Strel spoke about the stage swimming feat of his father Martin Strel, "13 years ago on April 8th 2007, Martin swam the length of the Amazon River as he dedicated the swim to the protection of the rain forest, a very important part of our planet. Let's hope the
Getting Outside To The Open (Water)
Getting Outside To The Open (Water) Courtesy of The Indoor Generation by VELUX. The Indoor Generation is an impactful campaign that succeeded in creating global awareness of how indoor environment affects people's health and well-being. "The Indoor Generation includes all kinds of common scenes in people's homes, but the film combines that will shocking
WOWSA Launches Free Global Event Calendar
                         WOWSA Launches Free Global Calendar In WOWSA’s annual survey on how to best serve the open water community, 78% of the 2,140 respondents said they wanted more news and information on races and events. In response to these results, WOWSA launched a global event calendar this week. WOWSA Founder Steven
Shameful, Simply And Sadly Shameful
Shameful, Simply And Sadly Shameful Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Openwaterpedia is a unique, comprehensive, multilingual online reference tool for the aquatic community. There are currently 30,994 different entries with 68,850 pages of content that are useful for research, reference and expanding one's knowledge and appreciation of the
International Swim Across La Perouse Channel To Start
Courtesy of Aleksandr Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia - Hokkaido, Japan Speedo diplomacy will be utilized once again by an international team of swimmers. Pioneering swimmers from Russia, Japan, China and South Africa will attempt an unprecedented 42.8 km relay from Sakhalin, Russia to Hokkaido, Japan called the International Swim across La Perouse Channel this
Stefano Salvatori Swimming The Aeolian Archipelago
Stefano Salvatori Swimming The Aeolian Archipelago Courtesy of Ansa, Aeolian Archipelago, Italy. The Aeolian Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. Stefano Salvatori is a water polo player and a documentary filmmaker from Geo & Geo who completed the first crossing of the unprecedented Traversata delle Eolie a nuoto:
