Elodie Westbrook Mitchell, Alex Maclaren, Ginny Jordan Win Races For The Conch Photos courtesy of Brilliant Studios, Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos. The 10th “Race for the Conch” Eco-SeaSwim was held on June 29th in Grace Bay in Turks & Caicos - where women proved their mettle. In the men’s 1-mile race, Luke Haywood, captain of his country's 2019
Courtesy of Rowdy Gaines at the Race for the Conch Eco-SeaSwim in Turks & Caicos. I waited for her to come around the corner...and waited and waited. After about an hour, I could see this small dot with a boat right next to her swimming down the beautiful shoreline of Turks & Caicos. I realized she was on the tail end of a 25 km swim. I started to feel
Photo of Yuko Matsuzaki drinking a post-Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim drink of coconut water in Turks & Caicos, courtesy of photographer Craig Bruce . We find the pure water of fresh organic coconuts to be a great refresher after ocean swims. Coconut water, the clear liquid inside young green coconuts, is often called one of nature's great creations for
Courtesy of 4 News, Turks & Caicos. A 4 News report showcases Japan's Yuko Matsuzaki's 21 km Swim Marathon Turks & Caicos in Turks & Caicos. She was escorted by pilots Greg Doolittle of Surfside Ocean Academy and Collin Gray of Shoreline Adventures in a swim organized by Ben Stubenberg. This swim was a direct result of a meeting between Matsuzaki and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most prolific writers and influential publishers in the swimming world, Laura Hamel, clearly does what she writes about: enjoy masters swimming and open water swimming. She and her son, Dirk Hamel, won the 2.4-mile Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim in Turks & Caicos last week. Dirk, a sophomore at
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yuko Matsuzaki has swum as long as 33 hours non-stop and completed several dozens of professional marathon swims - some cold, some warm, many rough - during her lengthy 3-decade career. But today’s 21 km crossing between the island of North Caicos and Grace Bay, Providenciales in Turks & Caicos in the
Former professional marathon swimmer Yuko Matsuzaki of Tokyo, Japan has traveled throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia doing a variety of solo marathons and professional races. With dozens of swims and adventures - many hilarious and some scary - under her swim cap between 1988 and 2008, she wrote a well-received book in Japanese called Marathon
Women have often set the bar in the open water. No distance, no temperature seems out of reach for the fairer sex. It has happened in lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada, the Bering Strait, Beagle Channel, the Cayman Islands, and now it will happen in Turks & Caicos. Back in 1984, Canadian Christine Cossette attempted and completed an unprecedented 64 km
If it you an ocean swimmer and have not been able to go to the beach for a long time, what can you do? How can you get your fix of the ocean? How can you feel closer to something that you miss so much? Perhaps you can hold a seashell up to your ear. As you put your ear to the seashell, you can hear the ocean with its sea breeze and the distinct ambiance
Is it any wonder that someone as passionate about open water swimming like Ben Stubenberg moved to Turks & Caicos? The California native is the Co-Race Director together with Chloe Zimmerman of the Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim. He serves as the Turks & Caicos Islands Swim Federation president and was instrumental in creating the world's first exclusive
