Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Elizabeth Fry trailblazed another channel to add another notch in her illustrious International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame career. Fry, a 57-year-old financial services expert from New York, took off from the eastern peninsula of Honshu, the main island of Japan, and landed in Toi on the southern cape
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A day after the latest Japanese relay team crossed the Tsugaru Channel, Dr. Steven Minaglia from Honolulu, Hawaii is getting ready for his own solo Tsugaru Channel attempt. From his hotel room on Tappi Misaki, he has been watching the whitewater and wind chop typically blow across the Tsugaru Current.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We never understand why swimmers who attempt the Tsugaru Channel in Japan start from the eastern peninsula on Honshu. The currents, tides and eddies have proven time and time again to prevent swimmers from successfully crossing the Tsugaru Channel. History has proven that the chances of success starting
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Every channel swim - and certainly every channel of the Oceans Seven - is an unpredictable adventure where the dynamics of the oceans are always in flux. A swimmer cannot predict what the currents and winds will be out in the Cook Strait. The window of opportunity is completely unpredictable in the North
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Stephen Redmond made the Tsugaru Channel famous with his indomitable channel attempts in 2012, but one of the shortest Oceans Seven channels is also one of the toughest. Its difficulty is largely due to its position between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The channel functions like a water tunnel
Mo Gave It A Go In The Tsugaru Channel Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya of Ocean-navi and the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association. After Mo Siegel's long season of success with 4 marathon swims under his belt in the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in Arizona, 3 marathon swims checked off in the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York, and the sixth person in history
Tsugaru Channel Masayuki Moriya of Ocean-navi photographed and filmed Triple Crowner Brad McVetta's valient 17 hour 13 minute attempt of a Tsugaru Channel crossing from numerous angles above, below and at the water's surface. The illustrative video created with a GoPro shown below gives a great idea of how the Tsugaru Channel looks on a calm day, but the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The notorious Tsugaru Current turned its back on yet another accomplished marathon swimmer this late evening in northern Japan. Brad McVetta, a Triple Crown swimmer with successful swims across the English Channel and the Catalina Channel, and around Manhattan Island, struggled across the calm 19.5 km
Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya, Tsugaru Channel, northern Japan. 12 hours into his Tsugaru Channel attempt and the winds remain uncharacteristically light and the waves nearly non-existent. Brad McVetta has taken advantage of the conditions, but he still has to push hard against the viciously wicked Tsugaru Current before he reaches the distant shores of
Not only are an unprecedented number of foreign swimmers from all over the world heading over to challenge themselves in the Tsugaru Channel, but Japanese swimmers and relays are also training in increasing numbers to swim between Honshu and Hokkaido. for this channel. Relays actually outnumber soloists. In our opinion, there is only one wise,
