Courtesy of Suzie Dods, Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association. The Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association is a chapter of the Northern California Open Water Swimming Association. The Northern California Open Water Swimming Association is a governing body that sanctions swims across Lake Tahoe and in San Francisco Bay. The sanctioned courses of the
Courtesy of Jamie Patrick of Adventure Swimmer Productions in association with Sea Nymph Films on Sarah Thomas' unprecedented 81.8-mile (131.6 km) crossing of Lake Powell along the Arizona-Utah border in the western USA on October 4th-6th 2016 in 56 hours 5 minutes. Jamie Patrick of Adventure Swimmer Productions explains, "I am extremely excited to share a
Courtesy of Sarah Thomas, Lake Powell on the Arizona- Utah border. Sarah Thomas of Colorado has quite a resume of marathon swims around the world. But if there is a sweet spot in her resume, it is long lake swims including Loch Ness, Lake Tahoe, and Lake Memphremagog. She has another major lake swim planned for the next 50-60 hours starting tomorrow
Courtesy of Elaine Howley, Boston Light Swim. Swimmers have traveled from as far away as South Africa and Australia to take part in this year’s Boston Light Swim, an annual 8-mile open water swim across Boston Harbor held on August 20th. Dubbed the Granddaddy of American Open Water Swims, the Boston Light Swim is one of the oldest open water races in the
Mina Rhoden Completes A Widthwise Lake Tahoe Crossing Courtesy of Suzie Dods, Lake Tahoe, California. Escorted by Suzie Dods and piloted by Tom Linthicum, a pair of friends attempted a widthwise crossing of Lake Tahoe. In her first marathon swimming attempt, Mina Rhoden from Novato, California completed her Lake Tahoe crossing in 10 hours 55
Courtesy of Chris Blakeslee and Suzie Dods, San Francisco, California. Chris Blakeslee and Suzie Dods will offer a free educational seminar on open water swimming on March 12th at the Sports Basement Presidio in the San Francisco. "Suzie and I will jointly moderate a roundtable discussion. Last year, we had discussion participants who were later
24 Hour Relay in SF 2016 from Lisa Amorao on Vimeo. Report courtesy of Suzie Dods, 24 Hour Relay in San Francisco, California. It was all difficult: 24 straight hours swimming as relay members in Aquatic Park in San Francisco, California. Non-stop swimming, napping and eating. But Madhuri Yechuri of India made it especially difficult for herself as she
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison is not the only swimmer traveling around the world to test himself for 24 hours in San Francisco Bay this weekend. "We have about 50 swimmers," says Suzie Dods who created the 24 Hour Swim Relay in San Francisco. The 24 Hour Swim is a 4-person relay held in Aquatic Park that started in 2014 and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On her third attempt, more than 6 years after her first attempt, Suzie Dods successfully swam around Manhattan Island during the July 28th Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. Her 8 hour 37 minute circumnavigation enabled the San Francisco-based open water swimming coach and volunteer extraordinaire to achieve
Courtesy of Chris Blakeslee and Suzie Dods in San Francisco, California.
