Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of the swims in the Northern Hemisphere that would be on the
Open Water Swimming Bucket Lists As January rolls around, open water swimmers start to think about swims and seminars, tours and travel, clinics and crossings, and races and relays they will do in the new year. While swimmers participating in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and those attempting the English Channel have locked in their plans in advance
22 swimmers have already signed up to attempt traditional marathon swims and adventure swims across Lake Tahoe this summer according to the Lake Tahoe Swimming Society. It is going to be an extraordinarily busy waterway across the 21-mile (35.4 km) lake with water temperatures between 50–58°F (10–14.4°C). The difficulties due to cool water and air
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. The world has innumerable locations for incredibly hard open water swims. Rough conditions, cold water, sharks, jellyfish, tides, currents, long distances, high altitudes and logistical considerations are the primary obstacles. What are some of swims in the Southern Hemisphere that would be on the ultimate open water swimmer's bucket
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SANTA BARBARA. Scott Zornig of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association announced the Southern California Eight. The Southern California Eight becomes another destination goal for the growing marathon and channel swimming community to set off and achieve. In addition to the Oceans Seven, Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the Still Water 8, the
Veteran marathon swimmer Michelle Macy announced the Still Water Eight, eight marathon swims in lakes around the world. The new marathon swimming goal is capturing the attention of very seriously-minded open water swimmers who focus on challenging still-water marathon swims. The successful completion of these 8 marathon swims has never been recorded by a
