Kosatka DV Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
Kosatka DV, led by Oleg Dokuchaev, was announced by World Open Water Swimming Association as its 2020 World Open Water Offering of the Year in the annual WOWSA Awards
Tag: Winter Swimming
Curious About COVID? Can Swimming Help?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michelle Lucking, an accomplished British artist and winter swimmer, asked a question on the Open Water Swimming Facebook page. "Cold water swimming is meant to boost your immune system. I'm curious how many of us have suffered COVID-19 and, if so, how severely...and do you think cold water swimming
Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m
Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m Courtesy of WOWSA, Chungará Lake, Andes Mountains, Chile. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, known in Spanish as la Sirena de Hielo and in English as the Ice Mermaid, lived up to her name this past week. On November 28th, she completed 7.5 km high-altitude swim across Chungará Lake in the
Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. There are all kinds of Bucket Swims. The bucket swims can be personal or established, domestic or international, short or long. A bucket swim is an open water swim that individuals have dreamed about and wants to do before they pass away. They can be of any distance in any location depending on the
Hooker Glacier Swimming With Fenwick Ridley
Hooker Glacier Swimming With Fenwick Ridley Courtesy of Fenwick Ridley, Hooker Glacier, Mount Cook, New Zealand. Fenwick Ridley, an extreme swimmer from New Zealand is shown above swimming in Hooker Glacier, one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Copyright © 2008 - 2020 by World Open
Nuala Shares Moore About Cold Water Swimming
Nuala Shares Moore About Cold Water Swimming Courtesy of Nuala Moore, Dingle, Ireland. "The first time that I saw Nuala Moore finish an Ice Kilometer in a falling snow after she had completed 40 laps in the 25m pool carved out of a frozen lake in Burghausen, Germany, I knew she was one of the world's most well-adapted cold water swimmers," remembered
Getting Ready For The 2020-2021 International Ice Swimming Association Season
Getting Ready For The 2020-2021 International Ice Swimming Association Season Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association. With fall well on its way and temperatures cooling in the Northern Hemisphere, eyes are starting to turn towards of the upcoming winter and ice swimming calendar: 2020-2021 International Ice Swimming Association Season
Jaimie Monahan, Ned Denison Discuss Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame On WOWSA Live
Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. "Cold, there is nothing like it in the open water. Cold water is hard to enter, it is hard to endure, it is hard to recover from," observed Steven Munatones. "Then there is ice swimming - or swimming in 5°C or lower water temperatures. This is in an entirely different realm. Ice swimmers are
Petar Stoychev Talks About His Career, Rivals, Training On WOWSA Live
Petar Stoychev Talks About His Career, Rivals, Training On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Petar Stoychev spoke about his incredible career - in the pool and in the open water - on today's WOWSA Live
WOWSA Live Interviewees
WOWSA Live Interviewees Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison and Antonio Argüelles are the personable, widely traveled hosts of WOWSA Live. Together with Steven Munatones, the WOWSA Live hosts have done over 100 one-on-one interviews with luminaries from the sport of