Australian 2-time marathon swimming Olympian Ky Hurst won Saturday's State Sand To Surf in Mount Maunganui. Hurst beat fellow Aussie Josh Richardson and Auckland's Phillip Ryan in round five of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Chalk up the victory to his navigational sense: Hurst took a different line than everyone else right from the start and it
In the State Paihia Classic, Round 1 of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series, English Channel record holder destroyed the field and nemesis Kane Radford. In Round 2 of the series, two more heavyweights are going mano-a-mano in the State Harbour Crossing in Auckland on December 2nd. 31-year-old Ky Hurst of Australia and 27-year-old Troy Hercules
The State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series has boosted its presence on the global open water swimming map with a major increase in prize money. Round One at the 3.3 km State Paihia Classic on November 10th will kick-off the biggest and richest open water swimming series held in any single country. With a total of NZ$46,000 (US$37,000) up for grabs, all kinds
New Plymouth (New Zealand) local Keith Allum is fighting fit for life and for the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series underway. Whether it is the State Harbour Crossing in Auckland in November, the State Paihia Classic in Bay of Islands in December, the State Capital Classic in Wellington in January, the new La Grand Swim in Akaroa, Christchurch in
